US1945679A - Corrosion resistant alloy - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to an alloy composition and to a process of treating same for the purpose of imparting desirable properties thereto.
- the invention relates to a class of al- 5 loys consisting principally of a metal of the iron group, a lesser amount of a metal of the chromium group and still lesser amounts of beryllium withor without a small amount of copper.
- springs are made of heat treated steel, but this material does not possess acid resistant properties.
- alloys like high chromium iron, nickel-chromium, nickel-molybdenum etc. resist well the action of a number of mineral and organic acids but do not display the necessary elastic properties because, none of them can be hardened by heat treatment.
- the present inventor found, that by substituting up to per cent of a metal of the chromium group, namely chromium or molybdenum and to a lesser degree of tungsten for the base metal of the binary beryllium alloys above mentioned; new alloys are being obtained which will resist a number of acids and which can be treated to yield satisfactory springs even when the amount of beryllium drops to 1.0 per cent.
- beryllium is required, when up to 10 per cent of copper is substituted for an equal amount of the base metal of such binary and ternary alloys.
- Beryllium chromate BeCrO4 is first formed by any of the known methods of manufacturing chromates of metals-preferably by mixing together a known quantity of beryllium hydroxide with the equivalent amount of chromic acid in aqueous solution and evaporating todryness.
- This chromate is next mixed with a suitable amount of nickel monoxide and an equivalent amount of aluminum powder.
- nickel monoxide a suitable amount of nickel monoxide and an equivalent amount of aluminum powder.
- beryllium chromate 75 parts of nickel monoxide and 165 parts of powderedaluminum.
- a mixture of this kind will, when ignited, yield approximately 120 parts of a master alloy containing about per cent nickel, about 41 per cent chromium and about '7 per cent beryllium, the balance being oxides and aluminum metal.
- the master alloy so obtained forms a less expensive source of beryllium, than the metal obtainable by electrolysis and can be easily incorporated into a charge of materials intended to yield the desired composition upon melting and casting.
- the nickel monoxide may be replaced partly or completely by iron oxide, cobalt oxide or their mixtures to yield more complex master alloys if for some reasons a more complex composition is desired for the finished alloyl
- the method of heat treatment by which alloys here described are rendered hard and elastic does not contain any innovations. It is the same as applied to duralumin, to copper-nickel-silicon alloys previously discovered by the same inventor etc. It consists in initially bringing the alloy into a state of nearly perfect solid solution. Such a state is reached by heating the alloy to temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point. Optimum temperatures range fromab ut 900 to 1100 C. Satisfactory heat treatment is obtained by heating the alloy up to 900-1000 C.
- a corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing from about 1 to 20 per cent of iron, about 10 to 20 per cent of chromium, about 5 to 10 'per cent of copper, about 0.5 to 1.5 per cent beryllium with a balance substantially nickel, said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by bringing the alloy into a state of solid solution by heating from about to 1 hour at temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point of the alloy, followed by quenching and reheating from about 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 600 C.
- a corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing about 1 to 8 per cent of iron, about 10 to 18 per cent of molybdenum,-
- alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by heating the alloy from about to 1 hour in the range of about 900 to 1100'? 0., followed by quenching and reheating from about 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 600 C.
- a corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing about 10 per cent or molybdenum, about 15 per cent of chromium, about 8 per cent of copper and about 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of beryllium with a balance substantially nickel, said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by bringing the alloy into a state of solid solution by heating from about V to 1 hour at temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point of the alloy, followed by quenching and then by reheating from about 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 600 C.
- a corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing the following constituents in about the proportions by weight 01 from 1 to 20 per cent iron, 10 to 20 per cent of at least one metal of the chromium group, from 5 to 12 per cent of copper and from 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of beryllium with a balancesubstantially nickel,
- said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by bringing the alloy into a state or solid solution by heating from about to 1 hour'at temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point oi the alloy, followed by quenching and by age-hardening at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 800 C. 7
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' Patented Feb. 6, 1934 PATENT orrlca 1,945,679 CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOY Michael George Corson, Jackson Heights, N. Y.,
assignor to Metal & Thermit Corporation, a corporation of New Jersey No Drawing. Application April 9, 1929 Serial No. 353,899
4 Claims. (Cl. 148-115) This invention relates to an alloy composition and to a process of treating same for the purpose of imparting desirable properties thereto. In particular the invention relates to a class of al- 5 loys consisting principally of a metal of the iron group, a lesser amount of a metal of the chromium group and still lesser amounts of beryllium withor without a small amount of copper.
It has been the inventors aim when conceivl0 ing the present invention to develop an acid resistant alloy of high elastic properties, permitting its application to various chemical industries and processes where the article or part made of this alloy has to act as a spring.
Usually springs are made of heat treated steel, but this material does not possess acid resistant properties. On the other hand a number of alloys like high chromium iron, nickel-chromium, nickel-molybdenum etc. resist well the action of a number of mineral and organic acids but do not display the necessary elastic properties because, none of them can be hardened by heat treatment.
It has been discovered recently that nickel, iron,
' cobalt and copper can be hardened to a very large extent by alloying withv beryllium and subjecting .the alloys to a process of heat treatment. Such alloys however do not possess any particular corrosion resistance in comparison with the base metals forming their principal components. In addition, the amount of beryllium required to impart to the alloys a Brinell hardness of approximately 400, below which figure the elasticity is not nearly as good as obtainable in steel springs, equals 1.5 per cent at least. This high content of the very expensive beryllium imposes rather narrow limits for the commercial applications of such alloys.
The present inventor found, that by substituting up to per cent of a metal of the chromium group, namely chromium or molybdenum and to a lesser degree of tungsten for the base metal of the binary beryllium alloys above mentioned; new alloys are being obtained which will resist a number of acids and which can be treated to yield satisfactory springs even when the amount of beryllium drops to 1.0 per cent.
Still less beryllium is required, when up to 10 per cent of copper is substituted for an equal amount of the base metal of such binary and ternary alloys. An alloy for instance of the composition: 15 per cent chromium, 10 per cent molybdenum, 8 per cent copper, 0.75 per cent beryllium and 66.25 per cent nickel develops in the heat treated state a hardness of 420 Brinell and possesses a high resistance to the action of drop to less than $0.30. For this reason the present inventor developed the following method of adding beryllium to such alloys.
Beryllium chromate BeCrO4 is first formed by any of the known methods of manufacturing chromates of metals-preferably by mixing together a known quantity of beryllium hydroxide with the equivalent amount of chromic acid in aqueous solution and evaporating todryness.
This chromate is next mixed with a suitable amount of nickel monoxide and an equivalent amount of aluminum powder. One may use for instance 125 parts of beryllium chromate, 75 parts of nickel monoxide and 165 parts of powderedaluminum. A mixture of this kind will, when ignited, yield approximately 120 parts of a master alloy containing about per cent nickel, about 41 per cent chromium and about '7 per cent beryllium, the balance being oxides and aluminum metal.
The master alloy so obtained forms a less expensive source of beryllium, than the metal obtainable by electrolysis and can be easily incorporated into a charge of materials intended to yield the desired composition upon melting and casting.
In the preparation of the master alloy the nickel monoxide may be replaced partly or completely by iron oxide, cobalt oxide or their mixtures to yield more complex master alloys if for some reasons a more complex composition is desired for the finished alloyl The method of heat treatment by which alloys here described are rendered hard and elastic does not contain any innovations. It is the same as applied to duralumin, to copper-nickel-silicon alloys previously discovered by the same inventor etc. It consists in initially bringing the alloy into a state of nearly perfect solid solution. Such a state is reached by heating the alloy to temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point. Optimum temperatures range fromab ut 900 to 1100 C. Satisfactory heat treatment is obtained by heating the alloy up to 900-1000 C. for a period of 0.5-2 hours according to composition, drastic cooling from this temperature (quenching) and reheating to 250-500 C. At these lower temperatures the alloy is held for 2-24 hours according to composition and to the degree of hardness desired. Any mechanical work entailing considerable shaping by pressure or tension is performed either in the hot state or previous to the final heat treatment it it has to be done in the cold state.
My claims are:
1. A corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing from about 1 to 20 per cent of iron, about 10 to 20 per cent of chromium, about 5 to 10 'per cent of copper, about 0.5 to 1.5 per cent beryllium with a balance substantially nickel, said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by bringing the alloy into a state of solid solution by heating from about to 1 hour at temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point of the alloy, followed by quenching and reheating from about 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 600 C.
2. A corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing about 1 to 8 per cent of iron, about 10 to 18 per cent of molybdenum,-
about 5 to 10 per cent copper and from about 0.5 to 1.5 per cent 01 beryllium with a balance substantially nickel, said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by heating the alloy from about to 1 hour in the range of about 900 to 1100'? 0., followed by quenching and reheating from about 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 600 C.
3. A corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing about 10 per cent or molybdenum, about 15 per cent of chromium, about 8 per cent of copper and about 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of beryllium with a balance substantially nickel, said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by bringing the alloy into a state of solid solution by heating from about V to 1 hour at temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point of the alloy, followed by quenching and then by reheating from about 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 600 C.
4. A corrosion resistant metal article comprising an alloy containing the following constituents in about the proportions by weight 01 from 1 to 20 per cent iron, 10 to 20 per cent of at least one metal of the chromium group, from 5 to 12 per cent of copper and from 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of beryllium with a balancesubstantially nickel,
said alloy having the hardness and elasticity produced by bringing the alloy into a state or solid solution by heating from about to 1 hour'at temperatures above 900 C. but below the melting point oi the alloy, followed by quenching and by age-hardening at temperatures ranging from about 250 to 800 C. 7
MICHAEL GEORGE CORSON.
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US2524661A (en) * | 1947-05-03 | 1950-10-03 | Elgin Nat Watch Co | Alloy having high elastic strengths |
US2631095A (en) * | 1950-02-21 | 1953-03-10 | Cons Car Heating Co Inc | Alloy adapted for prosthetic articles |
US2695844A (en) * | 1949-09-28 | 1954-11-30 | Armco Steel Corp | High-temperature cobalt base alloys |
US4556534A (en) * | 1983-12-20 | 1985-12-03 | Dentsply Research & Development Corp. | Nickel based casting alloy |
US4592890A (en) * | 1983-08-08 | 1986-06-03 | Dentsply Research & Development Corp. | Dental prostheses alloy |
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US2524661A (en) * | 1947-05-03 | 1950-10-03 | Elgin Nat Watch Co | Alloy having high elastic strengths |
US2695844A (en) * | 1949-09-28 | 1954-11-30 | Armco Steel Corp | High-temperature cobalt base alloys |
US2631095A (en) * | 1950-02-21 | 1953-03-10 | Cons Car Heating Co Inc | Alloy adapted for prosthetic articles |
US4592890A (en) * | 1983-08-08 | 1986-06-03 | Dentsply Research & Development Corp. | Dental prostheses alloy |
US4556534A (en) * | 1983-12-20 | 1985-12-03 | Dentsply Research & Development Corp. | Nickel based casting alloy |
WO1998032888A1 (en) * | 1997-01-23 | 1998-07-30 | Ngk Metals Corporation | Nickel-copper-beryllium alloy compositions |
US5980653A (en) * | 1997-01-23 | 1999-11-09 | Ngk Metals Corporation | Nickel-copper-beryllium alloy compositions |
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