IP Library Granted Patent US 10,358,701
Granted Patent B2
US 10,358,701 · App. 15/563,062 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Nickel-based alloy

Inventors: Roger Reed (Oxford, GB); Zailing Zhu (Oxford, GB); David Crudden (Oxford, GB)
Assignee: Oxford University Innovation Limited
C22C19/057C22C19/056C22F1/10F01D5/28F05D2300/175Y02T50/671
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Patent No.
US 10,358,701
App. No.
15/563,062
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: between 7.0 and 1.0% chromium, between 4.0 and 14.0% cobalt, between 1.0 and 2.0% rhenium, between 0.5 and 11.0% tungsten, between 0.0 and 0.5% molybdenum, between 4.0 and 6.5% aluminum, between 8.0 and 12.0 tantalum, between 0.0 and up to 0.5% hafnium, between 0.0 and 0.5% niobium, between 0.0 and 0.5% titanium, between 0.0 and 0.5% vanadium, between 0.0 and 0.1% silicon, between 0.0 and 0.1% yttrium, between 0.0 and 0.1% lanthanum, between 0.0 and 0.1% cerium, between 0.0 and 0.003% sulphur, between 0.0 and 0.05% manganese, between 0.0 and 0.05% zirconium, between 0.0 and 0.005% boron, between 0.0 and 0.01% carbon, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities.

Claims (20)

1. A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: between 7.0 and 11.0% chromium, between 4.0 and 14.0% cobalt, between 1.0 and 2.0% rhenium, between 5.5 and 11.0% tungsten, between 0.0 and 0.5% molybdenum, between 4.0 and 6.5% aluminium, between 8.0 and 12.0% tantalum, between 0.0 and up to 0.5% hafnium, between 0.0 and 0.5% niobium, between 0.0 and 0.5% titanium, between 0.0 and 0.5% vanadium, between 0.0 and 0.1% silicon, between 0.0 and 0.1% yttrium, between 0.0 and 0.1% lanthanum, between 0.0 and 0.1% cerium, between 0.0 and 0.003% sulphur, between 0.0 and 0.05% manganese, between 0.0 and 0.05% zirconium, between 0.0 and 0.005% boron, between 0.0 and 0.01% carbon, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities.

2. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of between 7.0 and 8.5% chromium.

3. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 consisting, in weight percent, of between 4.0 and 12.0% cobalt.

4. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of between 1.4 and 1.8% rhenium.

5. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent of, between 6.0 and 11.0% tungsten.

6. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of between 5.5 and 6.5% aluminium.

7. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of between 8.0 and 10.5% tantalum.

8. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of between 0.0 and 0.2% hafnium.

9. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of more than 9.0% cobalt.

10. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , consisting, in weight percent, of less than 10.0% tungsten.

11. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements cobalt and tungsten, in weight percent, is greater than 17%.

12. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements tungsten and tantalum, in weight percent, is less than 19%.

13. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements aluminium and tantalum, in weight percent, is between 13.5 and 16.5%.

14. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements rhenium, chromium and tungsten, in weight percent, is less than 19%.

15. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements niobium, titanium and vanadium, in weight percent, is less than 1%.

16. The nickel-based alloy composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements molybdenum and tungsten is at least 6 wt. %.

17. The nickel-based alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of the elements niobium, titanium, vanadium and tantalum, in weight percent, is between 8.0 and 10.5 wt. %.

18. A single crystal article formed of the nickel-based alloy composition of claim 1 .

19. A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine formed of an alloy according to claim 1 .

20. A gas turbine engine comprising the turbine blade of claim 19 .

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Jul 11, 2018
From: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
To: OXMET TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046321/0857 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: REED, ROGER; CRUDDEN, DAVID; ZHU, ZAILING
To: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045136/0762 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1505653.4 · Apr 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180066340A1 · Mar 8, 2018
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