Nickel-based alloy

Abstract

A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: between 1.0 and 3.5% aluminium, 0.0 and 3.6% titanium, 0.0 and 6.0% niobium, 0.0 and 4.9% tantalum, 0.0 and 5.4% tungsten, 0.0 and 4.0% molybdenum, 8.9 and 30.0% cobalt, 10.8 and 20.6% chromium, 0.02 and 0.35% carbon, between 0.001 and 0.2% boron, between 0.001 and 0.5% zirconium, 0.0 and 5.0% rhenium, 0.0 and 8.5% ruthenium, 0.0 and 4.6 percent iridium, between 0.0 and 0.5% vanadium, between 0.0 and 1.0% palladium, between 0.0 and 1.0% platinum, between 0.0 and 0.5% silicon, between 0.0 and 0.1% yttrium, between 0.0 and 0.1% lanthanum, between 0.0 and 0.1% cerium, between 0.0 and 0.003% sulphur, between 0.0 and 0.25% manganese, between 0.0 and 6.0% iron, between 0.0 and 0.5% copper, between 0.0 and 0.5% hafnium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities, wherein the following equations are satisfied in which WNb, WTa, WTi, WMo, WAl, WRe and WRu are the weight percent of niobium, tantalum, titanium, molybdenum, aluminium, rhenium and ruthenium in the alloy respectively 4.2≤(Ww+0.92 WRe+1.58 WRu) WMo, WAl+CO 0.5 WTi+0.3 WNb+0.15WTa≤4.0 and 3.0≤WAl+0.5WTi+1.5(0.3WNb+0.15WTA).

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