IP Library Granted Patent US 11,499,208
Granted Patent B2
US 11,499,208 · App. 16/620,901 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Cobalt based alloy product

Inventors: Yuting Wang (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Imano (Tokyo, JP); Shigenobu Eguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
C22C19/07C22C1/0433B22F9/082B22F2301/15
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Patent No.
US 11,499,208
App. No.
16/620,901
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a cobalt-based alloy product comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; 0.5 to 2 mass % of an M component being a transition metal other than W and Mo and having an atomic radius of more than 130 pm; and the balance being Co and impurities. The impurities include 0.5% or less Al and 0.04% or less O. The product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains. In the matrix phase crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.13-2 μm are formed, in which the M component is segregated in boundary regions of the segregation cells.

Claims (47)

1. A product formed of a cobalt based alloy, the cobalt based alloy having a chemical composition comprising:

0.08 to 0.25 mass % of carbon;

0.1 mass % or less of boron;

10 to 30 mass % of chromium;

5 mass % or less of iron, 30 mass % or less of nickel, the total amount of the iron and the nickel being 30 mass % or less;

tungsten and/or molybdenum, the total amount of the tungsten and the molybdenum being 5 to 12 mass %;

0.5 mass % or less of silicon;

0.5 mass % or less of manganese;

0.003 to 0.04 mass % of nitrogen;

M components, each of the M components being a transition metal other than tungsten and molybdenum and having an atomic radius of more than 130 pm, the total amount of the M components being 0.69 to 2 mass %; and

the balance being cobalt and impurities, the impurities including 0.5 mass % or less of aluminum, and 0.04 mass % or less of oxygen,

wherein the product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains, and

wherein in the matrix phase crystal grains of the polycrystalline body, segregation cells with an average size of 0.13 to 2 pm are formed, in which the M components are segregated in boundary regions of the segregation cells.

2. The product according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the M components is a component being capable of generating an MC type carbide phase of a simple cubic crystal system, and

wherein grains of the MC type carbide phase are precipitated on the boundary regions of the segregation cells.

3. The product according to claim 1 , wherein

the M components of the chemical composition include two or more of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium and tantalum.

4. The product according to claim 3 , wherein:

in the case that the chemical composition includes the titanium as one of the M components, content of the titanium is 0.01 to 1 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the zirconium as one of the M components, content of the zirconium is 0.05 to 1.5 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the hafnium as one of the M components, content of the hafnium is 0.01 to 0.5 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the vanadium as one of the M components, content of the vanadium is 0.01 to 0.5 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the niobium as one of the M components, content of the niobium is 0.02 to 1 mass %; and

in the case that the chemical composition includes the tantalum as one of the M components, content of the tantalum is 0.05 to 1.5 mass %.

5. The product according to claim 3 wherein

the zirconium is an essential component as one of the M components of the chemical composition.

6. The product according to claim 1 , wherein

the product exhibits a creep rupture time of 1,500 hours or more by a creep test under conditions of a temperature of 850° C. and a stress of 180 MPa.

7. The product according to claim 1 , wherein

the product is a high temperature member.

8. The product according to claim 7 , wherein the high temperature member is a turbine stator blade, a turbine rotor blade, a turbine combustor nozzle, or a heat exchanger.

9. The product according to claim 2 , wherein

the M components of the chemical composition are two or more of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium and tantalum.

10. The product according to claim 9 , wherein

in the case that the chemical composition includes the titanium as one of the M components, content of the titanium is 0.01 to 1 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the zirconium as one of the M components, content of the zirconium is 0.05 to 1.5 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the hafnium as one of the M components, content of the hafnium is 0.01 to 0.5 mass %;

in the case that the chemical composition includes the vanadium as one of the M components, content of the vanadium is 0.01 to 0.5 mass

in the case that the chemical composition includes the niobium as one of the M components, content of the niobium is 0.02 to 1 mass %; and

in the case that the chemical composition includes the tantalum as one of the M components, content of the tantalum is 0.05 to 1.5 mass %.

11. The product according to claim 4 , wherein

the zirconium is an essential component as one of the M components of the chemical composition.

12. The product according to claim 9 , wherein

the zirconium is an essential component as one of the M components of the chemical composition.

13. The product according to claim 10 , wherein

the zirconium is an essential component as one of the M components of the chemical composition.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059254/0646 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 16, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054377/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: WANG, YUTING; IMANO, SHINYA; EGUCHI, SHIGENOBU
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051232/0350 →