IP Library Granted Patent US 10,106,871
Granted Patent B2
US 10,106,871 · App. 15/513,242 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Ni-based alloy tube

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Patent No.
US 10,106,871
App. No.
15/513,242
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Ni-based alloy tube includes a base metal having a chemical composition consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.15% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 2.0% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 50.0 to 80.0%, Ti: 0.50% or less, Cu: 0.60% or less, Al: 0.20% or less, N: 0.20% or less, and the balance: Fe and impurities; and a low Cr content complex oxide film having a thickness of 25 nm or smaller at least on an inner surface of the base metal, wherein contents of Al, Ni, Si, Ti, and Cr in the film satisfy [at % Al/at % Cr≤2.00], [at % Ni/at % Cr≤1.40], and [(at % Si+at % Ti)/at % Cr≥0.10].

Claims (23)

1. A Ni-based alloy tube comprising a base metal having a chemical composition consisting, by mass percent, of

C: 0.15% or less,

Si: 1.0% or less,

Mn: 2.0% or less,

P: 0.030% or less,

S: 0.030% or less,

Cr: 10.0 to 40.0%,

Ni: 50.0 to 80.0%,

Ti: 0.50% or less,

Cu: 0.60% or less,

Al: 0.20% or less,

N: 0.20% or less, and

the balance: Fe and impurities; and,

a low Cr content complex oxide film having a thickness of 25 nm or smaller at least on an inner surface of the base metal, wherein

contents of Al, Ni, Si, Ti, and Cr in the film satisfy following formulas (i) to (iii):

at % Al/at % Cr≤2.00  (i)

at % Ni/at % Cr≤1.40  (ii)

(at % Si+at % Ti)/at % Cr≥0.10  (iii)

where each symbol in the above formula denotes a ratio of a content (at %) of each element to components contained in the low Cr content complex oxide film except O, C, and N.

2. The Ni-based alloy tube according to claim 1 , wherein, in photoelectric polarization photometry performed on the low Cr content complex oxide film, a band gap b (eV) that appears within a range of 3.2 to 3.8 eV satisfies a following formula (iv):

3.60< b≤ 3.80  (iv).

3. The Ni-based alloy tube according to claim 1 , wherein the Ni-based alloy tube is used as a member for nuclear power plant.

4. The Ni-based alloy tube according to claim 2 , wherein the Ni-based alloy tube is used as a member for nuclear power plant.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2017
From: MASAKI, YASUHIRO; KANZAKI, MANABU; KITAMURA, KAZUYUKI; KINOMURA, SHOJI; MOMOZONO, YUMI; MIYAHARA, OSAMU
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041680/0575 →