IP Library Granted Patent US 9,994,938
Granted Patent B2
US 9,994,938 · App. 14/758,375 · Granted Jun 12, 2018

Fe-Ni-based alloy having excellent high-temperature characteristics and hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics, and method for producing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,994,938
App. No.
14/758,375
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an Fe—Ni-based alloy having excellent high-temperature characteristics and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, which has a composition containing, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.005% to 0.10%, Si: 0.01% to 0.10%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Ni: 23.0% to 27.0%, Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%, Mo: 0.01% or less, Nb: 0.01% or less, W: 2.5% to 6.0%, Al: 1.5% to 2.5%, and Ti: 1.5% to 2.5%, the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities.

Claims (9)

1. An Fe—Ni-based alloy, which has a composition consisting of, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.005% to 0.10%, Si: 0.01% to 0.10%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Ni: 23.0% to 27.0%, Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%, Mo: 0.01% or less, Nb: 0.01% or less, W: 3.0% to 6.0%, Al: 1.5% to 2.5%, Ti: 1.5% to 2.5%, and optionally one or both of B: 0.0020% to 0.0050% and Zr: 0.02% to 0.05%;

the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities; and

wherein the alloy does not contain an η phase and contains 15% or more of a γ′ phase in terms of a volume ratio in the metal structure.

2. The Fe—Ni-based alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the alloy contains P: 0.003% to 0.015% in terms of % by mass.

3. The Fe—Ni-based alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further contains at least one of B: 0.0020% to 0.0050% and Zr: 0.02% to 0.05%.

4. The Fe—Ni-based alloy according to claim 1 , wherein, in a tensile test at 625° C., a hydrogen embrittlement resistance index is 0.4 or more.

5. An Fe—Ni-based alloy, which has a composition consisting essentially of, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.005% to 0.10%, Si: 0.01% to 0.10%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Ni: 23.0% to 27.0%, Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%, Mo: 0.01% or less, Nb: 0.01% or less, W: 4.83% to 6.0%, Al: 1.5% to 2.5%, Ti: 1.5% to 2.5%, and optionally one or both of B: 0.0020% to 0.0050% and Zr: 0.02% to 0.05%;

the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities; and

wherein the alloy does not contain an η phase and contains 15% or more of a γ′ phase in terms of a volume ratio in the metal structure.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2020
From: NIKKO MEC CO., LTD
To: JAPAN STEEL WORKS M&E, INC.
Reel/Frame 053336/0169 →
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Jul 29, 2020
From: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
To: NIKKO MEC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053337/0972 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: SATO, SHINYA; KAYANO, RINZO; TAKAHASHI, TATSUYA; TAKASAWA, KOICHI
To: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035949/0975 →