The invention relates to a substantially rhenium-free nickel base alloy showing a high creep resistance and relatively low density which comprises in % by weight: aluminum from 3.0 to 7.7, cobalt from 0 to 16.8, chromium from 3 to 11.8, molybendum from 3.1 to 11.3, tantalum from 0 to 3.9. In addition to nickel and unavoidable impurities this alloy may further comprise one or more of titanium, tungsten, carbon, phosphorus, copper, zirconium, silicon, hafnium, yttrium, niobium, and germanium.

Nickel alloys, methods of making nickel alloys, articles including the nickel alloys, uses of the alloys, and methods of treating nickel alloys are described. The inventive heat resistant structural materials are suitable for applications requiring high yield stress at room temperature and good creep strength at high temperatures, such as in gas turbines, steam turbines, fossil energy boilers, aero engines, power generation systems using fluids such as supercritical carbon dioxide (e.g., advanced ultra-supercritical power plants), concentrated solar power plants, nuclear power plants, molten salt reactors: turbine blades, casings, valves, heat exchangers and recuperators.

The invention provides a preparation method of a nickel-based wrought superalloy wheel disk forging used at high temperature, in which the alloy has high content of solution strengthening elements W, Mo and strengthening phase phase forming elements Al, Ti, Nb and phase content reaches 55-65%. In view of a series of technical problems caused by high phase to alloy smelting and forging, the high-temperature stress relief annealing, low-temperature stress relief annealing process of steel ingot and high temperature homogenizing annealing of steel bar were proposed by optimizing the thermal process of wheel disk forging and controlling the precipitation and dissolution of phase.

An object of the present invention is to provide a Ni-based superalloy, especially for a conventional casting, having a good balance among high temperature strength, corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance, as compared to a conventional material. The Ni-based superalloy comprises Cr, Co, Al, Ti, Ta, W, Mo, Nb, C, B, and inevitable impurities, the balance being Ni, the Ni-based superalloy having a superalloy composition comprising, by mass, 13.1 to 16.0% Cr, 11.1 to 20.0% Co, 2.30 to 3.30% Al, 4.55 to 6.00% Ti, 2.50 to 3.50% Ta, 4.00 to 5.50% W, 0.10 to 1.20% Mo, 0.10 to 0.90% Nb, 0.05 to 0.20% C, and 0.005 to 0.02% B.

Alloys, processes for preparing the alloys, and articles including the alloys are provided. The alloys can include, by weight, about 4% to about 7% aluminum, 0% to about 0.2% carbon, about 7% to about 11% cobalt, about 5% to about 9% chromium, about 0.01% to about 0.2% hafnium, about 0.5% to about 2% molybdenum, 0% to about 1.5% rhenium, about 8% to about 10.5% tantalum, about 0.01% to about 0.5% titanium, and about 6% to about 10% tungsten, the balance essentially nickel and incidental elements and impurities.

A NiCrMoNb alloy consists of, in mass %, C: not more than 0.020%, Si: 0.02 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.02 to 1.0%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.005%, Cr: 18.0 to 24.0%, Mo: 8.0 to 10.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.4%, Ti: 0.1 to 1.0%, Fe: not more than 5.0%, Nb: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.002 to 0.02%, and at least one of W: 0.02 to 0.3% and V: 0.02 to 0.3%, and Ni as a remainder and inevitable impurities, in which an freely selected cross section of alloy, sum of number of particles of NbC carbide and (Ti, Nb)N nitride is 100 to 1000 particles/mm.sup.2, number of particles of the NbC carbide is not more than 40 particles/mm.sup.2, and number of particles of the (Ti, Nb)N nitride is 100 to 1000 particles/mm.sup.2.

A method of rolling NiW alloy tapes for coated conductors belongs to the technical field of metal materials rolling. According to the method, a cylindrical NiW alloy ingot with a diameter not less than 10 mm is used to be rolled back and forth along the axial direction as a rolling direction, wherein the content of W is 57 at. %, and the axis of this ingot is perpendicular to the plane where the axes of working rollers are located. During rolling process, the cross sectional area reduction of the ingot is retained at 5% per pass. When the total cross sectional area reduction of the ingot is larger than 98% and the thickness of the tape is down to 60100 m, the rolling is stopped, and thus the NiW alloy tape is obtained. The method has the advantages that the negative influence generated when the NiW alloy tape is produced from a cuboid initial NiW alloy ingot can be reduced as much as possible, the yield of the NiW alloy tapes is increased, as well as relatively ideal effects can be obtained in terms of the surface biaxial texture, the length and the axial quality.

A hydrogen-absorbing alloy is provided in which an X-ray diffraction image generated by CuK rays has at least one peak selected from (1) peak Psp1 at 2=32.250.15, (2) peak Psp2 at 2=33.550.15, and (3) peak Psp3 at 2=37.270.15.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a nickel-based alloy. In particular embodiments, the nickel-based alloy is configured for use in applications involving supercritical fluids. The disclosed nickel-based alloy embodiments are highly resistant to corrosion and exhibit high stability and thus are suited for use in vessels, boilers, piping, and other receptacles that contain or are used with supercritical fluids. Method embodiments of making the nickel-based alloy also are disclosed.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a nickel-based alloy. In particular embodiments, the nickel-based alloy is configured for use in applications involving supercritical fluids. The disclosed nickel-based alloy embodiments are highly resistant to corrosion and exhibit high stability and thus are suited for use in vessels, boilers, piping, and other receptacles that contain or are used with supercritical fluids. Method embodiments of making the nickel-based alloy also are disclosed.