High nickel chromium alloy
AssigneeInco Alloys International, Inc.
InventorsGaylord D. Smith, Curtis S. Tassen
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Abstract
A high-nickel-chromium iron alloy containing aluminum and titanium is particularly useful under high temperature/oxidizing conditions such as encountered in ceramic tile industry frit-firing applications. The alloy also contains a special percentage of nitrogen as well as zirconium.
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A nickel-chromium-iron alloy characterized by (i) ease of manufacturing, (ii) a controlled grain size, (iii) enchanced oxidation resistance upwards of 1000.degree. C. (1832.degree. F.), and (iv) good stress rupture strength at temperatures upwards of about 1100.degree. C., said alloy consisting essentially of about 19 to 28% chromium, about 55 to 75% nickel, about 0.75 to 2% aluminum, up to about 1% titanium, zirconium in a small but effective amount sufficient to facilitate the manufacturing process and up to about 0.5%, up to 1% each of silicon, molybdenum, manganese and niobium, up to about 0.1% carbon, a small but effective amount of nitrogen sufficient to combine with the zirconium to effect grain size control and up to about 0.1%, up to about 0.2% yttrium, with the balance being iron.
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