Thixomolding material and method of manufacturing thixomolding material
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShunsuke Uchizono, Yasutoshi Hideshima, Setsuya Iwashita, Tetsuhiko Takeuchi, Fumiya Maeda
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Abstract
A thixomolding material includes: a metal body containing magnesium(Mg) as a primary component; a plurality of coating particles provided at a front surface of the metal body and having an average particle diameter equal to or less than 100 μm, the plurality of coating particles being made of an inorganic material differing from the metal body; and an interposed particle interposed between the metal body and the coating particles and having an average particle diameter smaller than the coating particle, the interposed particle being made of an inorganic oxide.
Claims6
A thixomolding material comprising:
- a metal body containing magnesium (Mg) as a primary component;
- and
- a coating layer covering an entirety of an outer surface of the metal body, the coating layer including a plurality of coating particles that each have an average particle diameter equal to or less than 100 μm, and the plurality of coating particles being made of an inorganic material differing from the metal body;
- wherein the coating layer includes a plurality of interposed particles dispersed in a binder that are interposed between the metal body and the plurality of coating particles, the interposed particles each having an average particle diameter smaller than the plurality of coating particles, and the interposed particles being made of an inorganic oxide that is at least one of alumina and zirconia, and
- wherein the binder includes a wax.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.