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US 12,241,144 · App. 17/616,782 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Nickel-based alloy

Inventors: David Crudden (Yarnton, GB); John William Gordon Clark (Yarnton, GB); Andre Nemeth (Yarnton, GB)
Assignee: ALLOYED LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 12,241,144
App. No.
17/616,782
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: 4.0 to 5.6% aluminium, 0.0 to 1.0% titanium, 0.0 to 4.0% niobium, 0.0 to 11.9% tantalum, 2.0 to 12.7% tungsten, 0.0 to 3.0% molybdenum, 0.0 to 22.0% cobalt, 6.0 to 16.7% chromium, 0.02 to 0.35% carbon, 0.001 to 0.2% boron, 0.00 to 0.5% zirconium, 0.0 to 3.0% rhenium, 0.0 to 2.0% ruthenium, 0.0 to 3.0% iridium, 0.0 to 0.5% vanadium, 0.0 to 1.0% palladium, 0.0 to 1.0% platinum, 0.0 to 0.5% silicon, 0.0 to 0.1% yttrium, 0.0 to 0.1% lanthanum, 0.0 to 0.1% cerium, 0.0 to 0.003% sulphur, 0.0 to 0.25% manganese, 0.0 to 0.1 magnesium, 0.0 to 4.0% iron, 0.0 to 0.5% copper, 0.0 to 1.0% hafnium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities, wherein the following equations are satisfied in which WNb, and WTa are the weight percent of niobium and tantalum respectively 1.1≤0.3W Nb +0.15W Ta .

Claims (29)

1. A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: 4.0 to 5.6% aluminium, 0.5 to 1.0% titanium, 0.0 to 4.0% niobium, 0.0 to 11.9% tantalum, 2.0 to 12.7% tungsten, 0.0 to 3.0% molybdenum, 0.0 to 22.0% cobalt, 6.0 to 16.7% chromium, 0.02 to 0.35% carbon, 0.001 to 0.2% boron, 0.00 to less than 0.05% zirconium, 0.0 to 3.0% rhenium, 0.0 to 0.5% vanadium, 0.0 to 0.5% silicon, 0.0 to 0.003% sulphur, 0.0 to 0.25% manganese, 0.0 to 0.1 magnesium, 0.0 to 4.0% iron, 0.0 to 0.5% copper, 0.0 to 1.0% hafnium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities, wherein the following equations are satisfied in which W Nb , and W Ta are the weight percent of niobium and tantalum respectively

1.1≤0.3W Nb +0.15W Ta

2. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the following equation is satisfied in which W Nb and W Ta are the weight percent of niobium and tantalum in the alloy respectively

1.15≤0.3W Nb +0.15W Ta .

3. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the following equation is satisfied in which W W and W Mo are the weight percent of tungsten and molybdenum in the alloy respectively

W W +0.65W Mo ≥4.0.

4. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, more than 8.0% chromium.

5. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, 14.7% or less chromium.

6. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 consisting of, in weight percent, 9.8 wt % or less tantalum.

7. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 consisting of, in weight percent, 2.0% or less molybdenum.

8. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 consisting of, in weight percent, 10.7 or less tungsten.

9. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, 4.5% or more aluminium.

10. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, 5.3% or less aluminium.

11. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 consisting of, in weight percent, 0.3% or less vanadium.

12. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent 1.1 wt % or more tantalum.

13. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, 2.7 wt % or more tungsten.

14. The nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 , wherein the following equation is satisfied in which W Ta and W W are the weight percent of tantalum and tungsten in the alloy respectively

W W +W Ta ≤13.9

15. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent 8.0 wt % or more cobalt.

16. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent 0.05 wt % or more niobium.

17. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent 0.7 to 1.0 wt % titanium.

18. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent 0.5 wt % or more molybdenum.

19. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, 0.035 wt % or less zirconium.

20. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, greater than 0.5 to 1.0% titanium.

21. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, 0.1% or more of hafnium.

22. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , further comprising rhenium.

23. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, 0.1 to 4.0% iron.

24. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition does not include hafnium.

25. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting of, in weight percent, 0.0 to 7.1% tantalum.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: CRUDDEN, DAVID; CLARK, JOHN WILLIAM GORDON; NEMETH, ANDRE
To: ALLOYED LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059509/0550 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1908148 · Jun 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220316031A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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