Kubota Corporation

Yohei Enjo

Kunihide Hashimoto

Motoyuki Matsubara

Yuki Hayase

The present invention provides a heat-resistant alloy and a reaction tube having excellent oxidation resistance, excellent mechanical properties such as tensile ductility, and weldability. A heat-resistant alloy of the present invention comprises, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.35% to 0.7%, Si: more than 0% and 1.5% or less, Mn: more than 0% and 2.0% or less, Cr: 22.0% to 40.0%, Ni: 25.0% to 48.3%, Al: 1.5% to 4.5%, Ti: 0.01% to 0.6%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein when Pa=&#x2212;11.1+28.1&#xd7;C+29.2&#xd7;Si&#x2212;0.25&#xd7;Ni&#x2212;45.6&#xd7;Ti, and Ya=&#x2212;13.75&#xd7;Al+63.75, Pa&#x3c;Ya.

Heat-resistant alloy, and reaction tube

The present invention provides a Co-free heat-resistant alloy for a hearth metal member that has properties superior to or equal to those of Co-containing heat resistant steel. The heat-resistant alloy for a hearth metal member according to the present invention is a heat-resistant alloy used in a hearth metal member of a steel heating furnace, the heat resistant alloy containing: 0.05% to 0.5% of C; more than 0% and 0.95% or less of Si, where 0.05%&#x2264;C+Si&#x2264;1.0%; more than 0% and 1.0% or less of Mn; 40% to 50% of Ni; 25% to 35% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of W; and 10% or more of Fe and inevitable impurities as the balance, with all percentages being in mass %. The heat-resistant alloy for a hearth metal member may further contain 0.05% to 0.5% of Ti and/or 0.02% to 1.0% of Zr, with all percentages being in mass %.

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Hirakata, Japan

Yohei Enjo