Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Epri

Yoshiatsu Sawaragi

Atsuro Iseda

Tomomitsu Yokoyama

Kazuhiro Ogawa

Yoshitaka Nishiyama

Fujimitsu Masuyama

Toshiro Anraku

Hiroyuki Senba

Hirokazu Okada

Kunihiko Yoshikawa

Hiroshi Teranishi

Wate T Bakker

Nobuo Otsuka

Nobuyuki Maruyama

Hideki Uno

Fujimitsu Mausyama

Shigemitsu Kihara

Yozo Hayase

A heat resistant Ni base alloy comprises, on a mass% basis, 0.1% or less C, 2% or less Si, 2% or less Mn, 0.005% or less S, 10 to 25% Cr, 2.1 to less than 4.5% Al, 0.08% or less N, 0.001 to 1% in total of one or more elements of B: 0.03% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less and Hf: 0.8% or less, and 2.5 to 15% in total of one or more elements of Mo: 0.01 to 15% and W: 0.01 to 9%. The alloy is suitable as a material for a pipe used in ethylene cracking furnace.

Heat resistant nickel base alloy

A high-temperature austenitic stainless steel having improved weldability is disclosed. The steel consists essentially, by weight, of:

High-temperature stainless steel and method for its production

A heat resistant austenitic stainless steel having high strength at elevated temperatures. The steel consists of 0.05 to 0.15% carbon, not more than 0.5% silicon, 0.05 to 0.50% manganese, 17 to 25% chromium, 7 to 20% nickel, 2.0 to 4.5% copper, 0.10 to 0.80% niobium, 0.001 to 0.010% boron, 0.05 to 0.25% nitrogen, 0.003 to 0.030% sol.aluminum, 0 to 0.015% magnesium and the balance being iron and incidental impurities. The steel may contain 0.3 to 2.0% molybdenum and/or 0.5-4.0% tungsten. The steel exhibits high creep rupture strength at elevated temperatures for long periods of time, and can be produced at low cost. The steel is suitable for use in the structural members for boilers, chemical plants and other installations operated in a high temperature environment.

Austenitic heat resistant steel excellent in elevated temperature

A high Cr austenitic heat resistant alloy excellent in high temperature strength which essentially consists of, in weight percent, from more than 0.02% to 0.10% C, not more than 1.0% Si, not more than 2.0% Mn, 28 to 38% Cr, 35 to 60% Ni, from more than 0.5% to 1.5% Ti, not more than 0.05% N, 0.01 to 0.3% Al, 0.001 to 0.01% B, 0 to 0.1% Zr, 0 to 1.0% Nb, one or both of 0.5 to 3.0% Mo and 1.0 to 6.0% W, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The alloy may further contain one or both of 0.001 to 0.05% Mg and 0.001 to 0.05% Ca. This alloy is suitable for producing a single layered tube which is less expensive and more reliable than the conventional double layered tube.

Heat resistant high chromium austenitic alloy excellent in strength at

A low-Cr ferritic steel with improved toughness as well as creep strength is disclosed, which consists essentially of, by weight %:

Low-chromium ferritic heat-resistant steel with improved toughness and

A Cu-containing, high-Cr ferritic, heat-resistant steel is prevented from copper checking without a reduction in strength, toughness, resistance to hot corrosion, or oxidation, and its weldability is maintained at satisfactory levels. The steel consists essentially, on a weight basis, of: C: 0.03-0.15%, Si: at most 0.7%, Mn: 0.1-1.5%, Ni: 0.05-1.0%, Cr: 8-14%, W: 0.8-3.5%, V: 0.1-0.3%, Nb: 0.01-0.2%, N: 0.001-0.1%, Al: at most 0.05%, Cu: 0.4-3.5%, B: 0-0.02%, one or more elements selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Ca, Y, Ti, Zr, and Ta: 0-0.2% each, and a balance of Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the Cu and Ni contents satisfy the following Inequality: 2.5.ltoreq.(%Cu)/(%Ni).ltoreq.4.5.

High-chromium ferritic, heat-resistant steel having improved resistance

High-vanadium austenitic alloys, which are structurally stable and have improved corrosion resistance in wet corrosive environments and high-temperature corrosion resistance in reducing atmosphere, contain Ni by 33.0 to 60.0 weight %, Cr by 23.0 to 28.0 weight %, V by 2.4 to 5.0 weight %, C by 0.10 weight % or less, N by 0.05 weight % or less, Si by 0.35% weight % or less, Al by 0.5 weight % or less, Mn by 1.5% weight % or less, P by 0.020 weight % or less, S by 0.005 weight % or less, and one or more selected from the group consisting of B by 0.0010 to 0.010 weight %, Zr by 0.010 to 0.06 weight %, Ti by 0.03 to 0.50% weight %, and Nb by 0.05 to 1.0 weight %, the balance being Fe and impurities.

High vanadium austenitic heat resistant alloy

A low-alloy steel consists essentially, on a weight basis, of: C: 0.03-0.12%, Si: at most 0.7%, Mn: 0.1-1.5%, Ni: at most 0.8%, P: at most 0.03%, S: at most 0.015%, Cr: 1.5-3.5%, W: 1-3%, V: 0.1-0.35%, Nb: 0.01-0.1%, B: 0.0001-0.02%, N: less than 0.005%, Al: less than 0.005%, Ti: 0.001-0.1%, optionally one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: La, Ce, Y, Ca, Zr, and Ta: 0.01-0.2%, Mg: 0.0005-0.05%, and Mo: 0.01-0.4%, and a balance of Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the Ti and Ni contents satisfy the following inequality:

Low-alloy heat-resistant steel having improved creep strength and

A high-strength high-Cr steel with excellent high-temperature strength and toughness as well as improved resistance to oxidation and high-temperature corrosion is disclosed, which consists essentially of, in weight %:

High-strength high-CR steel with excellent toughness and oxidation

A high-strength, heat-resistant steel with improved formability is disclosed, which consists essentially of, by weight %:

High-strength, heat-resistant steel with improved formability and method

A low Si high-temperature strength steel tube with improved ductility and toughness which consists essentially of: not more than 0.10 wt % of carbon (C), not more than 0.15 wt % of silicon (Si), not more than 5 wt % of maganese (Mn), 20 to 30 wt % of cromium (Cr), 15 to 30 wt % of nickel (Ni), 0.15 to 0.35 wt % of nitrogen (N), 0.10 to 1.0 wt % of niobium (Nb) and not more than 0.005 wt % of oxygen (O.sub.2); and at least one of 0.020 to 0.1 wt % of aluminum (Al) and 0.003 to 0.02 wt % of magnesium (Mg) in an amount defined by the following formula:

Low Si high-temperature strength steel tube with improved ductility and

An austenitic steel having improved high-temperature strength as well as corrosion resistance is disclosed. The steel consists essentially of, by weight %:

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