US3617263A - Corrosion-resistant nickel-chromium base alloy - Google Patents

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US3617263A
US3617263A US830848A US3617263DA US3617263A US 3617263 A US3617263 A US 3617263A US 830848 A US830848 A US 830848A US 3617263D A US3617263D A US 3617263DA US 3617263 A US3617263 A US 3617263A
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  • ABSTRACT A nickel-chromium base alloy adapted for turbine blade manufacture contains, in addition to nickel and chromium, cobalt and correlated amounts of niobium, titanium and aluminum, as well as carbon and boron. Other elements such as zirconium, rare earth metal and yttrium can be present.
  • the alloys contemplated in accordance herewith contain (by weight) at least 27 percent chromium for good high-temperature corrosion resistance but not more than about 31 percent in order to avoid risking undue embrittlement.
  • the chromium content is from 28 percent to 29.5 percenLFrom 10 to 25 percent cobalt strengthens the alloys, and it is to advantage that from 15 to 22 percent cobalt is present.
  • the alloys are further strengthened by the copresence of niobium, titanium and aluminum. in this connection, stressrupture strength falls off markedly at niobium contents less than 0.2 percent and beneficially the niobium content is from 0.3 to 1.5 percent.
  • niobium More than 2 percent niobium leads to embrittlement and loss of impact strength, and also to loss of stress-rupture strength and ductility.
  • Teantalum may be introduced incidentally with the niobium in an amount up to about one-tenth of the niobium content. For the purposes of the present invention, such amounts of tantalum are to be regarded as part of the niobium content.
  • the sum of the titanium and aluminum contents must be from 2.25 to 4.5 percent, for either above or below these limits the stress-rupture strength falls off, and too much titanium and aluminum also renders the alloys susceptible to embrittlement on prolonged heating at high temperatures.
  • the sum of these constituents is from 3 to 4 percent.
  • stress-rupture strength also depends on the ratio of titanium to aluminum, and this. must be from 1:1 to 4:1, and is preferably from 1.521 to 2.521. The best combination of strength and elongation in stress-rupture tests is shown by alloys in which this ratio is about 2: l.
  • Carbon is also of importance. If it is too low, stress-rupture strength is reduced, while if to the excess the alleys become susceptible to embrittlement. Hence, the carbon content should be from 0,2 to 0.1 percent, and is preferably from 0.04 to 0.08 percent.
  • zirconium both improve the stress-rupture strength of the alloys, and they must contain at least 0.002 but not more than 0.01 percent boron.
  • Zirconium may be present in, amounts up to 0.6 percent but no particular advantage is found in using more than 0.1 percent.
  • the resistance of the alloys to oxidation and scaling is improved by the presence of rare earth metals, and one or more of these metals may be added, for example, in the form of misch metal.
  • rare earth metals e.g., from about 0.03 to 0.08 percent.
  • Yttrium too improves oxidation and scaling resistance and also resistance to sulphidation. Accordingly, yttrium may advantageously be added in amounts from 0.2 to 2 percent, for example, from 0,5 to 1 percent.
  • silicon has a deleterious effect on corrosion resistance and should therefore be kept below 1 percent and preferably below 0.5 percent.
  • Other impurities may include manganese in amounts up to 1 percent and iron in amounts up to 2 percent.
  • the solution treatment may comprise heating from 1 to 8 hours in the temperature range of 1,050 to 1,200 C., and the alloys may then be aged by heating for 1 to 24 hours in the temperature range of 800 to 950 C.
  • An intermediate aging treatment consisting of heating for l to 16 hours at 800 to l,050 C. may be interposed between the solution treatment and the final aging stages.
  • alloys may be cooled at any convenient rate after each heat treatment stage, e.g., by air-cooling (generally to As will be seen from results in table II, alloy D, which contained too little titanium and aluminum, had a low stress-rupture life in comparison with alloys 1 and 2 according to the invention. Alloy 5, which contained too much niobium and had room temperature) or by direct transfer from a furnace at one 5 an A Factor greater than 40, had very low impact strength temperature to one at a lower temperature. after prolonged heating at 850 C. In marked contrast, alloy 3,
  • alloys within the invention alloys 1-3, table I, 10 and although it had good stress-rupture life, its A" Factor were tested in the form of specimens machined from forged was greater than 40 and its impact strength was low. lts stressbar that had been heat treated by solution heating for 4 hours rupture elongation was also rather low. Alloy F is an example at l,l50 C., air-cooling, aging for 16 hours at l,050 C., airof an alloy which is excluded from the invention only because cooling and finally aging for 16 hours at 850 C. and again airthe contents of niobium, titanium, aluminum and chromium cooling. For purposes of comparison, there is included some 15 are not interrelated as required by the invention.
  • test A samples of each alloy loys 3, F and G were aged in a single stage by heating for 16 were half immersed in the salt mixture while heated in air hours at 850 C. and air-cooled. The tests were then perwhereas in test B samples of each alloy were heated in a vertiformed under the same conditions as those in table I, but the 4 cal open-top furnace into which the salt mixture was continuspecimens used for the impact tests (Charpy V-notch were ously fed as a fine dispersion at a rate of5 g./hour.
  • alloy H which is a commercially available alloy of comparable stress-rupture strength but lower chromium content.
  • the alloys can be air melted, but to ensure the best creep properties they are preferably melted and cast under vacuum. They can be readily processed by conventional means such as extrusion, forging, or rolling. Although primarily intended for use in the wrought form as gas turbine blades, the subject alloys are suitable for use in other applications where a combination of good stress-rupture strength and resistance to corrosion is required, particularly for articles ad parts that are subjected in use to stress at high temperatures while exposed to the combustion products of impure hydrocarbon fuels or to salt or both. They may also be used to make cast articles and parts, which may be used with or without heat treatment.
  • balance or balance essentially usedin referring to the nickel content does not exclude the presence of small amounts of other elements, commonly present as incidental elements, e.g., deoxidizing and cleansing constituents, and impurities ordinarily associated therewith in small amounts which do no adversely affect the basic characteristics of the alloys.
  • An alloy consisting of about 27 to about 31 percent chromium, about to 25 percent cobalt, from 0.2 to 2 percent niobium, about 2.25 to about 4.5 percent total of titanium and aluminum with the provisos that (a) the ratio of titanium to aluminum is from about 1:1 to about 4:1 and (b) the much lower stress-rupture strength and greatly superior to V value of the A Factor as determined by the relationship 5(%Nb)+4(%Ti+Al)+c/(%Cr) does not exceed about 40, about 0.02 to 0.1 percent carbon, about 0.002 to 0.01 percent boron, up to 0.6 percent zirconium, up to about 0.3 percent of rare earth metal, up to 2 percent yttrium and the balance essentially nickel.
  • An alloy in accordance with claim 1 containing about 3 to 4 percent total of titanium plus aluminum.
  • An alloy in accordance with claim 1 containing about 0.04 to 0.8 percent carbon.
  • An alloy in accordance with claim 1 containing about 0.01 to 0.3 percent rare earth metal.
  • An alloy in accordance with claim 1 containing about 0.2 to 2 percent yttrium.
  • An alloy in accordance with claim 1 containing about 0.5 to 1 percent yttrium.
  • An alloy in accordance with claim 1 containing about 28 to about 29 percent chromium, about 19 to about 21 percent cobalt, about 0.5 to about 1 percent niobium, about 2.1 to about 2.5 percent titanium, about 1.1 to about 1.4 percent aluminum, about 0.04 to about 0.06 percent carbon, about 0.002 to about 0.01 percent boron, about 0.04 to about 0.1 percent zirconium, up to about 0.3 percent rare earth metal, up to about 1 percent yttrium, and the balance essentially nickel.

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