Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation

Allegheny Ludlum Corporation

George Aggen

Paul R Borneman

Stephen D Washko

Remus A Lula

A ferritic stainless steel alloy is provided which is hot workable and is resistant to thermal cyclic oxidation and scaling at elevated temperatures. The iron-chromium-aluminum alloy contains cerium, lanthanum and other rare earths and is suitable for forming thereon an adherent textured aluminum oxide surface. Also provided are an oxidation resistant catalytic substrate made from the alloy and a method of making the steel article and products having a textured aluminum oxide surface. The method includes steps of heat treating the cold worked steel article to form the adherent textured oxide surface and, optionally, pretreatment heating of the cold worked article before the texture heat treatment.

Producing an iron-chromium-aluminum alloy with an adherent textured

A stabilized ferritic stainless steel is wettable by brazing materials used at temperatures of from 2000.degree. F. to 2100.degree. F. The steel consists essentially of, by weight, 10.5% to 13.5% chromium, up to 0.1% carbon, up to 0.05% nitrogen, up to about 0.12% titanium and at least one other stabilizing element from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum in an amount in accordance with the relationship: ##EQU1##

Stabilized ferritic stainless steel with improved brazeability

A ferritic stainless steel alloy is provided which is hot workable and is resistant to thermal cyclic oxidation and scaling at elevated temperatures. The iron-chromium-aluminum alloy contains cerium, lanthanum and other rare earths and is suitable for forming thereon an adherent textured aluminum oxide surface. An oxidation resistant catalytic substrate made from the alloy and a method of making the alloy are also provided.

Iron-chromium-aluminum alloy and article and method therefor

A system comprising a ferritic stainless steel substrate having a tightly adherent oxide coating and a catalytic material thereupon. The ferritic stainless steel is of a chemistry which forms a tightly adherent non-spalling scale suitable for application of a catalytic bearing material. It consists essentially of, by weight, up to 26% chromium, from 1 to 8% aluminum, from 0.02 to 2% hafnium, up to 0.3% yttrium, up to 0.1% carbon, up to 2% silicon, balance essentially iron.

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George Aggen