A palladium-copper-silver alloy consisting of 40 to 58% by weight of palladium, 25 to 42% by weight of copper, 6 to 20% by weight of silver, optionally up to 6% by weight of at least one element from the group ruthenium, rhodium, and rhenium, and up to 1% by weight of impurities, wherein the palladium-copper-silver alloy contains a crystalline phase with a B2 crystal structure and has 0% by volume to 10% by volume of precipitates of silver, palladium, and binary silver-palladium compounds. The invention also relates to a molded body, a wire, a strip, or a probe needle made of such a palladium-copper-silver alloy and to the use of such a palladium-copper-silver alloy for testing electrical contacts or for electrical contacting or for the production of a sliding contact. The invention also relates to a method for producing a palladium-copper-silver alloy.

The production method of a Ni-based alloy according to the present embodiment includes: a casting step of casting a liquid alloy which is a raw material of the Ni-based alloy to produce a Ni-based alloy starting material; and a segregation reducing step of performing, on the Ni-based alloy starting material produced by the casting step, heat treatment, or the heat treatment and complex treatment including hot working and heat treatment after the hot working, to satisfy Formula (1): where, each symbol in Formula (1) is as follows: $\begin{array}{cc}{V}_R^{-0.294}\le 1.27\times {10}^3\underset{n=1}{\overset{N}{.Math.}}\sqrt{{\left(1-\frac{{\mathrm{Rd}}_{n-1}}{100}\right)}^{-1}.Math.\exp \left(\frac{-2.89\times {10}^4}{T_n+273}\right).Math.t_n}& \left(1\right)\end{array}$ V.sub.R: Solidification cooling rate (° C./min) of the liquid alloy, T.sub.n: Holding temperature (° C.) in the n-th heat treatment, t.sub.n: Holding time (hr) at the holding temperature in the n-th heat t

The present disclosure provides a heat treatment method for realizing grain boundary serration in a nickel-based superalloy forging, including introducing a serrated grain boundary into a microstructure of a nickel-based superalloy forging by using a heat treatment method for controlling a cooling rate; the heat treatment method for controlling cooling speed includes the following steps: step S1: holding the nickel-based superalloy forging for 0.5-4 h at 1,050-1,200° C.; step S2: cooling the nickel-based superalloy forging to 650-800° C. at a preset cooling rate, and holding for 1-8 h, where the preset cooling rate is 1-20° C/min; and step S3, taking out and cooling the nickel-based superalloy forging to room temperature with water. The heat treatment method for realizing grain boundary serration in a nickel-based superalloy forging provided by the present disclosure can realize the grain boundary serration in the nickel-based superalloy forging.

Provided are a Ni-based superalloy for stably obtaining high tensile strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Provided are: a Ni-based superalloy having a composition comprising, in mass %, C: up to 0.10%, Si: up to 0.5%, Mn: up to 0.5%, P: up to 0.05%, S: up to 0.050%, Fe: up to 45%, Cr: 14.0 to 22.0%, Co: up to 18.0%, Mo: up to 8.0%, W: up to 5.0%, Al: 0.10 to 2.80%, Ti: 0.50 to 5.50%, Nb: up to 5.8%, Ta: up to 2.0%, V: up to 1.0%, B: up to 0.030%, Zr: up to 0.10%, Mg: up to 0.005%, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities, and has a grain orientation spread (GOS) of at least 0.7° as an intragranular misorientation parameter measured by an SEM-EBSD technique; and a method for manufacturing the same.

A bond coating material providing unexpectedly high thermal cyclic fatigue resistance and sulfidation resistance, and unexpectedly prolonged thermal cycle life in high temperature environments of gas turbine engine components with and without the presence of sulfur contains: a) 10% to 30% by weight chromium, b) at least one of tantalum and molybdenum in a total amount of 3% to 15% by weight, c) 5% to 13% by weight aluminum, d) 0.1% to 1.4% by weight silicon, e) 0.1% to 0.8% by weight yttrium, f) 0% to 1.2% by weight carbon, g) 0% to 1% by weight dysprosium, h) 0% to 1% by weight cerium, i) the balance being nickel, and the percentages of a) to i) adding up to 100% by weight. The total amount of tantalum and molybdenum, and the amounts of aluminum and silicon are each critical for avoiding delamination of a top coat from a bond coat.

The invention addresses the problem of providing an Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder that is suitable for additive manufacturing, and a manufacturing method for an additive manufacturing product using the powder, the product having excellent corrosion-resistance and few defects. The invention consists of an Ni-based alloy powder having a component composition, in percentages by mass, of 14.5-23.9% Cr, 12.0-23.0% Mo, 0.01-7.00% Fe, 0.001-2.500% Co, 0.010% or less Mg, 0.040% or less N, 0.001-0.50% Mn, 0.001-0.200% Si, more than 0-0.50% Al, 0.001-0.500% Ti, 0.250% or less Cu, 0.001-0.300% V, 0.0001-0.0050% B, 0.0001-0.0200% Zr, and 0.0010-0.0300% O, the remainder being Ni, and contained as inevitable impurities, less than 0.05% C, less than 0.01% S, and less than 0.01% P. The angle of repose of the Ni-based alloy powder is 48 degrees or less.

To provide a Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder suitable for additive manufacturing and a manufacturing method using this powder for manufacturing an additive manufacturing product that has excellent corrosion resistance and few defects. This Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy powder for additive manufacturing has a component composition which contains, in mass %, Cr: 14.5-24.5%, Mo: 12.0-23.0%, Fe: 0.01-7.00%, Co: 0.001-2.500%, Mg: 0.010% or less, N: 0.040% or less, Mn: 0.001-0.50%, Si: 0.001-0.200%, Al: greater than 0-0.50%, Ti: 0.001-0.500%, Cu: 0.250% or less, V: 0.001-0.300%, B: 0.0001-0.0050%, Zr: 0.0001-0.0200% and O: 0.0010-0.0300%, the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities; the C, S and P contained as the aforementioned unavoidable impurities include less than 0.05% of C, less than 0.01% of S and less than 0.01% of P, wherein the powder has a particle distribution in which d10 is 15-100 μm, d50 is 30-250 μm and d90 is 50-480 μm.

A method for producing a high temperature component includes a shaping step of shaping a powder compact of a desired high temperature component shape using a specific powder shaping method, from an alloy powder of γ′ precipitation strengthening-type Ni-based alloy, and a crystal grain coarsening step of coarsening a crystal grain size of the powder compact by heat treatment, wherein the powder compact contains 0.002% or more and 0.07% or less of C, and 5.40% or more and 8.40% or less of Al+Ti by mass percentage.

The present invention provides a method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy which inhibits AGG, has a fine-grained structure having an ASTM grain size number of at least 8, and has high circularity. A method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy having a composition of an Alloy 718 comprises: heating a ring-shaped material for ring rolling having the composition, in a temperature range of 900° C. to 980° C., and performing finishing ring rolling, as a finishing ring rolling step; heating the ring-rolled material that has been subjected to the finishing ring rolling, in a temperature range of 980 to 1010° C.; and correcting ellipticalness while expanding a diameter of the ring-rolled material by using a ring expander.

A forming powder for a forming part with a low tensile anisotropy by additive manufacturing, which can be used for forming the forming part with low tensile anisotropy, a method for forming a forming part with a low tensile anisotropy, and a forming part with a low tensile anisotropy. The forming powder for the forming part with low tensile anisotropy by additive manufacturing includes the following chemical components in terms of mass percentage (wt-%): 0.03%≤C≤0.09%, 20.50%≤Cr≤23.00%, 0.50%≤Co≤2.50%, 8.00%≤Mo≤10.00%, 0.20%≤W≤1.00%, 17.00%≤Fe≤20.00%, 0%<B<0.001%, 0%≤Mn≤1.00%, 0%≤Si≤0.15%, 0%≤O≤0.02%, 0%≤N≤0.015%, the rest are Ni and inevitable impurities.