The invention relates to a method for producing a ferroalloy containing nickel. From a fine-grained raw material containing iron and chromium and a fine-grained raw material containing nickel, a mixture is formed with binding agent, the mixture is agglomerated so that first formed objects of desired size are obtained. The objects formed are heat treated in order to strengthen the objects so that the heat treated objects withstand conveyance and loading into a smelter furnace. Further, the objects are smelted under reducing circumstances in order to achieve ferrochromenickel, a ferroalloy of a desired composition containing at least iron, chromium and nickel.

A cermet powder includes a) from 50 to 90 wt-% of at least one hard material, and b) from 10 to 50 wt-% of a matrix metal composition. The wt.-% for a) and b) are based on a total weight of the cermet powder. The matrix metal composition comprises i) from 40 to 75 wt-% of iron and nickel, ii) from 18 to 35 wt-% of chromium, iii) from 3 to 20 wt.-% of molybdenum, and iv) from 0.5 to 4 wt-% of copper. The wt-% for i) to iv) are based in each case on a total weight of the matrix metal composition. A weight ratio of iron to nickel is from 3:1 to 1:3.

A NiCr alloy member includes, by a mass ratio, 25% or more and 49% or less of Cr, more than 0% and 10% or less of Mo, and a balance of Ni and unavoidable impurities. The NiCr alloy member includes an additively manufactured article which primarily has a face-centered cubic structure and in which a phase fraction of a phase having a body-centered cubic structure is less than 2.5%.

A nickel and chromium alloy having a combined wt. % of nickel and chromium of at least 97 wt. %, wherein the chromium accounts for 33 to 50 wt. % of the alloy. The alloy may be provided in strip form and has adequate ductility for the manufacture of various products, such as sheaths for flux cored welding electrodes. A method of making the alloy strip includes forming a powder charge that is 97 to 100 wt. % of nickel and chromium combined and the chromium accounts for 33 to 50 wt. % of the charge, roll compacting the powder charge to form a green strip, sintering the green strip to form a sintered strip, and cold rolling and annealing the sintered strip to form the alloy strip.

An alloy composition includes 40-60 wt. % of a nickel-based superalloy and 40-60 wt. % of a cobalt-based superalloy based on the total weight of the alloy composition. The nickel-based superalloy includes 40-60 wt. % of nickel and 15-25 wt. % of chromium based on the total weight of the nickel-based superalloy. The cobalt-based superalloy includes 50-70 wt. % of cobalt and 25-35 wt. % of chromium based on the total weight of the cobalt-based superalloy. The nickel-based superalloy and the cobalt-based superalloy are homogeneously distributed in the alloy composition. Further, the alloy composition is a spark plasma product of spherical particles having an average particle size of 10 micrometers (m) to 45 m of the nickel-based superalloy and particles having an average particle size of 5-40 m of the cobalt-based superalloy. The alloy composition is more corrosion-resistant than a pure nickel-based superalloy and a pure copper-based superalloy.