|
|
Article: NICKEL Alloys for Corrosive Environments.
- Article from:
- Advanced Materials & Processes
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 ASM International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Raul B. Rebak [*]
Paul Crook [*]
A wide range of nickel-base alloys is available for applications in highly aggressive environments.
Nickel-base alloys provide outstanding resistance to specific chemicals, and some are extremely versatile and able to handle complex process and waste streams. In particular, the versatile alloys are much less subject than stainless steels to stress corrosion cracking, pitting, and crevice attack in hot chloridebearing solutions. Also, nickel alloys are among the few materials able to withstand hot hydrofluoric acid, a chemical that is very corrosive to the reactive metals (titanium, zirconium, niobium, and ...