US3459539A - Nickel-chromium-iron alloy and heat treating the alloy - Google Patents

Nickel-chromium-iron alloy and heat treating the alloy Download PDF

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US3459539A
US3459539A US527490A US3459539DA US3459539A US 3459539 A US3459539 A US 3459539A US 527490 A US527490 A US 527490A US 3459539D A US3459539D A US 3459539DA US 3459539 A US3459539 A US 3459539A
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  • the invention is directed to an alloy containing about 29% to about 40% nickel, about 19% to about 25% chromium, about 0.2% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.25% to about 1.25% titanium, up to about 1% aluminum, and the balance essentially iron.
  • the alloy may be prepared by air melting and has high creep and rupture properties when heat treated at temperatures of about 2300" F. to about 2350 F. for at least about two hours.
  • the present invention is directed to nickel-chromiumiron alloys and, more particularly, to special nickelchromium-iron alloys having controlled composition and having high creep and rupture strength while at the same time being relatively inexpensive as compared to known alloys having a comparable high-temperature strength capability.
  • alloys resistant to the effects of elevated temperatures e.g., 1400 F. or 1600 F. to 2000 F., or higher
  • elevated temperatures e.g. 1400 F. or 1600 F. to 2000 F., or higher
  • many different alloys are employed. These alloys usually are of the nickel-chromium and nickel-chromium-iron types, With other elements being employed for special purposes.
  • elements such as cobalt, tungsten, molybdenum, columbinm, aluminum, titanium, etc., are employed to contribute strength, precipitation-hardening capability, oxidation resistance, etc., to the alloys.
  • alloying elements which are commonly employed in heat-resistant alloys are expensive in themselves and are subject, from time to time, to being available only in limited supply.
  • Many of the commonly used alloys including, for example, the HK and HOM stainless steels, cannot be produced in wrought form, such as tubing, and are thus only available in cast form, including centrifugal castings.
  • many of the commonly used alloys, particularly the less expensive types becomes embrittled during long-time exposure to the combined effects of stress and temperature.
  • many of the commonly used alloys are difiicult to weld, while others must be vacuum melted thereby further raising cost.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a nickelchromium-iron alloy which is relatively immune to embrittling effects when exposed to stress at elevated temperature while at the same time having high resistance to creep and rupture.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a heat treatment process which contributes high rupture strength to the alloy contemplated in accordance with the invention.
  • the present invention is directed to a creepand rupture-resistant nickel-chromium-iron alloy containing, in weight percent, about 29% to about 40% nickel, about 19% to about chromium, about 0.2%
  • titanium up to about 1% aluminum, up to about 0.75% silicon, up to about 1.5% manganese, and the balance, including small amounts of incidental elements and impurities not exceeding about 3 being essentially iron.
  • the alloys contemplated in accordance with the invention contain about 30% to about 35% nickel, abput 10% to about 23% chromium, about 0.35% to about 0.75 titanium, about 0.2% to about 0.5% carbon, and the balance essentially iron.
  • the advantageous alloy compositions display a rupture life of at least about hours at 1600 F. and 12,000 pounds per square inch (p.s.i.) and, in many cases, a rupture life of about 200 hours or more under these conditions.
  • a particularly advantageous alloy contains about 20% chromium, about 30% nickel, about 0.4% carbon, about 0.5% titanium, and the balance essentially iron.
  • the chromium and nickel contents are controlled in interrelated amounts in order to maintain satisfactory scaling resistance and creep-rupture resistance in the alloy.
  • nickel is at least about 29% and chromium is at least 19% in order to maintain scaling resistance but nickel does not exceed 40% and chromium does not exceed 25 to maintain creep-rupture strength.
  • Carbon is a highly important element in the alloy in order to obtain the desired carbide dispersion-hardening therein.
  • Titanium is another highly important alloying ingredient and it is controlled within the range of about 0.25% to about 1.25% to provide, in combination with the other alloying ingredients, the requisite dispersion strengthening of the alloy. More advantageously, titanium is controlled within the range of about 0.35% to about 0.75% or about 0.9% or about 1%.
  • Control of titanium and of carbon in combination is particularly important in order to permit obtaining the requisite creep-rupture properties in the alloy.
  • an aluminum addition to the molten alloy prior to the titanium addition performs the useful effect of protecting the titanium addition from untoward effects, such as oxidation and the like, which could cause unwanted and/or undesirable results.
  • an amount of aluminum of up to about 1% resulting from the aforementioned aluminum addition can be present in the alloy with useful results.
  • Silicon may be present in the alloy in amounts up to about 0.75% without encountering harmful effects on the malleability or weldability of the alloy. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that silicon frequently forms a constituent of nickel alloy scrap of the kind which can be employed usefully in melting the alloy.
  • Manganese similarly is found in scrap materials which may usefully be employed in melting the alloy and may be present therein in amounts up to as much as about 1.5% without harmful effect.
  • Columbium, molybdenum and tungsten may also be found in scrap materials, such as mill revert scrap, employed to prepare the alloy. These elements are unnecessary for the production of the special properties developed in the alloy but may be present in amounts up to about 1% each.
  • the impurities sulfur and phosphorus should be present only in limited amounts, e.g., in amounts not exceeding 0.015% each and, preferably, in amounts not exceeding about 0.007% each.
  • the annealing temperature may exceed 2350 F.
  • the data obtained in creeprupture testing of the alloy indicate that the anneal should be for a period of about two hours as the maximum improvement in creep-rupture properties is then obtained, with little or no improvement resulting upon heating for longer times. It is found that, despite the high annealing temperature employed as aforedescribed, the alloy resists grain growth.
  • the metal is rapidly cooled after the anneal, e.g., by water quenching or cooling in air.
  • melts having the specified contents of nickel, chromium, iron, carbon and incidental elements was prepared. Shortly before casting the molten bath, an amount of aluminum less than about 1% by weight of the bath was introduced therein, whereupon the requisite titanium addition was made and the molten metal thus treated was cast into ingot molds.
  • the alloys were malleable over temperature ranges or about 1,700 F. to about 2,300 F. as determined by usual production control tests.
  • the alloys contained molybdenum in amounts up to a nut 0.26% and not more than 0.015% phosphorus.
  • Big ingots produced from the alloy may be converted to common mill forms by conventional operations, including hot rolling, forging, extrusion, cold rolling, etc., with usual mill process anneals at temperatures of the order of 1900 F. to about 2100 F. as required consistent with good mill practice.
  • the annealing temperature should be at least about 2300 F. or the high level of creep-rupture properties is not obtained but that the annealing temperature should not exceed about 2350 F. as otherwise the possibility exists that incipient melting may be en-
  • the alloy contemplated in accordance with the invention becomes harder and stronger when aged in the temperature range of about 1200 F. to about 1600 F. It is found, however, that prolonged heating of the alloy in the temperature range in which aging takes place does not result in any embrittlement as revealed by short-time tensile tests and by the Charpy V-Not-ch impact test.
  • Hot rolled rod material from Alloy No. 1 was annealed at 2300 F. for one hour and water quenched. Rotating beam fatigue data were obtained upon this material with the results set forth in the following Table V.
  • the alloy resists scaling upon exposure to heat under oxidizing conditions, resists sulfidation and other corrosive conditions and resists carburization at elevated temperatures. These properties, together with the high stressrupture properties of the alloy, make it advantageous in many applications, including furnace equipment, baskets, trays, muffies, radiant tubes, etc, in the petrochemical field for reformer and cracker tubes, hot die platens and many others.
  • a nickel-chromium-iron alloy consisting essentially of about 29% to about 40% nickel, about 19% to about 25% chromium, about 0.2% to about 0.5% carbon, about 7 0.25% to about 1.25% titanium, up to about 1% aluminum, up to about 0.75% silicon, up to about 1.5% manganese, and the balance, including small amounts of incidental elements and impurities, being essentially iron.
  • An alloy according to claim 1 having a microstructure characterized by the presence of titanium carhide and of carbides having the types M7C3 and M C 5.
  • the method for producing improved creep-rupture strength in alloy consisting essentially of 29% to 40% nickel, about 19% to chromium, 0.2% to 0.5% carbon, 0.25 to 1.25% titanium, and the balance essentially iron, which comprises annealing a wrought article made of said alloy at a temperature of 2300 F. to 2350 F. for at least two hours.

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