A Ni—Cr—Mo—Nb 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.

An Inconel 625 alloy with high aluminum content and a preparation method thereof are provided. The alloy includes following components by mass percentage: chromium 5˜13%, ferrum 5%, niobium 4.15%, molybdenum 10%, aluminum 5˜9% and a rest is nickel. The preparation method includes: step (1): weighing reactive materials according to a preset ratio and putting the reactive materials into a planetary ball miller for ball milling; step (2): pressing the ball milled reactive materials into a cake-shaped slab; step (3) putting the cake-shaped slab into a reactor and putting an igniter on the cake-shaped slab, then adding the reactor with protective gas, heating up until a self-propagating reaction occurs in the reactor, thereby obtaining a base alloy; step (4): performing secondary smelting on the base alloy to obtain an ingot; step (5): performing a solution treatment on the ingot to obtain the Inconel 625 alloy with high aluminum content.

An Inconel 625 alloy with high aluminum content and a preparation method thereof are provided. The alloy includes following components by mass percentage: chromium 5˜13%, ferrum 5%, niobium 4.15%, molybdenum 10%, aluminum 5˜9% and a rest is nickel. The preparation method includes: step (1): weighing reactive materials according to a preset ratio and putting the reactive materials into a planetary ball miller for ball milling; step (2): pressing the ball milled reactive materials into a cake-shaped slab; step (3) putting the cake-shaped slab into a reactor and putting an igniter on the cake-shaped slab, then adding the reactor with protective gas, heating up until a self-propagating reaction occurs in the reactor, thereby obtaining a base alloy; step (4): performing secondary smelting on the base alloy to obtain an ingot; step (5): performing a solution treatment on the ingot to obtain the Inconel 625 alloy with high aluminum content.

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.

A precipitation strengthening AlCrFeNiV system high entropy alloy is composed of Al 0.30-0.60, Cr 0.20-0.89, Fe 0.60-1.20, Ni 1.50-3.50 and V 0.10-0.30 by weight ratio. The high entropy alloy is manufactured utilizing melting and casting, followed by deformation and heat treatment process.

A product includes a material having: nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material. A method includes forming a material comprising an alloy of nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material.

A nickel alloy includes (in wt. %) Ni 50-55%, Cr 17-21%, Mo>0-9%, W 0-9%, Nb 1-5.7%, Ta>0-4.7%, Ti 0.1-3.0%, Al 0.4-4.0%, Co max. 3.0%, Mn max. 0.35%, Si max. 0.35%, Cu max. 0.23%, C 0.001-0.045%, S max. 0.01%, P 0.001-0.02%, B 0.001-0.01%, the remainder Fe and the conventional process-related impurities, wherein the following relations are provided: Nb+Ta 1-5.7% (1), Al+Ti>1.2-5% (2), Mo+W 3-9% (3), where Nb, Ta, Al and Ti are the concentration of the elements in question in wt. %.

A method of producing a metal superalloy may include: providing a charge of metal materials; melting the charge of metal materials in an electric-arc furnace to obtain a first melt of the charge of metal materials; performing Argon Oxygen Decarburization (A.O.D.) treatment on the first melt to obtain a decarburized and refined first melt; solidifying the decarburized and refined first melt to obtain first ingots; melting the first ingots in a Vacuum Induction Degassing and Pouring (V.I.D.P.) furnace to obtain a second melt; solidifying the second melt to obtain second ingots; melting the second ingots in a Vacuum Arc Remelting (V.A.R.) furnace to obtain a third melt; and solidifying the third melt to obtain the metal superalloy. The charge of metal materials may have a weight greater than or equal to forty tons and less than or equal to sixty tons.

Processes for producing low nitrogen, essentially nitride-free chromium or chromium plus niobium-containing nickel-based alloys include charging elements or compounds which do not dissolve appreciable amounts of nitrogen in the molten state to a refractory crucible within a vacuum induction furnace, melting said elements or compounds therein under reduced pressure, and effecting heterogeneous carbon-based bubble nucleation in a controlled manner. The processes also include, upon cessation of bubble formation, adding low nitrogen chromium or a low nitrogen chromium-containing master alloy with a nitrogen content of below 10 ppm to the melt, melting and distributing said added chromium or chromium-containing master alloy throughout the melt, bringing the resulting combined melt to a temperature and surrounding pressure to permit tapping, and tapping the resulting melt, directly or indirectly, to a metallic mold and allowing the melt to solidify and cool under reduced pressure.

A clad material (50) for a negative electrode collector of a secondary battery includes a Ni alloy layer (51) made of a Ni alloy that contains 0.005 mass % or more and 0.50 mass % or less of C, Ni, and inevitable impurities, and a pair of Cu layers (52, 53) respectively bonded to opposite surfaces of the Ni alloy layer and that contain 99 mass % or more of Cu.