Alloy Digest

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Filing Code: Steel MARCH Published by
Engineering Alloys Digest, he Upper Momclair, New Jersey

DIGEST

NICLOY r
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5
5
Steel)

SA-96 Alloy 1960

DATA ON WORLD WIDE METALS AND ALLOYS -

NlCLOY*
(Low Temperature

Service

NICLOY
Registered

5 is a low carbon, nickel ferritic steel reecommended for low temperature service.
U. S. Pat. Off.

Composition: carbon

Physical

Constants:

Iron

Manganese Phosphorus Sulphur Silicon Nickel

0.14 max 0.30 - 0.60 0.040 max. 0.040 max. 0.35 max. 4.75 - 5.25 Remainder

Density, Ib./cu. in. Thermal conductivity, BTU/ft*/in/hr/F at 212F Thermal expansion, in/in/F x lO-j (O-200F) Specific heat, BTU/lb/F (32 - 212F) Modulus of elasticity, psix 106

0.283 247 6.0 0.11 29.0 - 30.0

PROPERTIES

ROOM TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES - TUBING (Normalized at 1575F) Tensile strength, psi 80000 - 100000 Yield strength, psi (0.5 p ) 60000 - 75000 EIongatiol& 70 in 2 30-50 BrineU hardness 145 - 210 Rockwell hardness B80 - B95
Table l-TYPICAL Table

P-SHORT-TIME

Test T-q-e RT. 200 2i % 800

1000

1200 1500 1800 Ez 2300

Table

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TENSILE PROPERTIES (Norndized at 1575F) Tensile Reduction Strength Elongation of area psi 70 in 2 % 88000 35.0 70.0 30.8 71.6 79000 31.0 79050 72.8 80500 31.8 73.3 87875 33.0 70.5 86625 38.0 75.6 62125 35.5 81.8 83.8 :&Y $2 82.5 8975 1713 18.8 4250 15.3 16.6 2750 17.5 24.1 2375 49.5 68.0 70.0 925 100.0

TEMPERATURE IMPACT PROPERTIES (Normalized at 1575F) Test Temperature Impact Strength - Charpy F ft. lbs. (keyhole notch) RT. :z -50 - 100 49 (transition fracture) 42 (transition fracture) -150 -250 29 (brittle fracture)

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Table Q-HARDENING DATA ( 3/8 square x 1 long, air cooled or water quenched from various temperatures) Quenching Temperature Brinell Hardness F Air Cooled Water Quenched 600 184 187 700 184 187 800 184 184 900 182 185 1000 170 173 1100 170 179 1200 169 187 1300 187 255 1400 187 361 1500 187 360 1600 197 352 1800 197 321 2000 201 315

Heat

Treatment:
1260F 1160lF Ar3 1440F *Critical temperatures were determined za SA.&:~l~ steel with the carbon content being slightly higher. ANNEALING: Slow cooling from the ausrenitixing range effects little softening beyond that developed by normalizing. NORMAUZJNG: Tbe usual heat treatment for Nicloy 5 is normalizing. This is accomplished by heating to 1575 F., holding at temperature until uniformly heated and cooling in air. Normalixing is sometimes followed by tempering to lower hardness or strength. Pipe and tubing for low temperature service is supplied in accordance with Grade 5 of ASTM Specifications A-333-58T and A-334-581, respectively. These specifications require heat treatment by normalizing or normalizing and tempering unless otherwise agreed between manufacturer and purchaser. STRESS RELIEVING: Cold worked tubing is normalized for srress relief and softening. For certain applications other than low temperature service, hot rolled tubing may be heat treated at 1200 F. followed by air cooling. AC1
Ac3

Critical

Points.

hardened condition and refine the grain size. Hot short temperature range with low ductility is 1300 to 2000F.

Weldability:
May be welded without undue difficulty b< most of the commercial methods. A post-weld heat creatmer.t at IlOO-1200F. is recommended. Use welding rod of similar composition.

Corrosion Specification

Resistance:
alkaline media, paper mill black liquors.

Resists certain

Equivalents:
AI.9 2512 SAE 2512 ASTM-A-333 ASTM-A-334

General

Characteristics:

Machinability*:
Machinability rating about 50% of AISI B1112 steel. The following cutting practice is recommended for different cutting tools: Single point high speed steel cutting tools should be ground to 5 - 15 side rake angle, 5 - 10 back rake angle, 6- 10 side relief angle, 6 - lo* end relief angle, 6 - 15 end cucring-edge angle, 0 - 30 side cutting edge angle, and a nose radius of 10% of depth of cut. Cutting Speeds, sfpm Depth of Cut in. 1:32 1116 l/8 l/32 ~16 l/8 Use sulphurized ting lubricant, Woldman Metals. Feed in /rev. High-Speed St.39 castNonferrous Carbide

0.015 90 125 350 0.015 105 295 0.015 ii; 95 250 0.030 65 260 0.030 ii: 215 0.030 :; 75 180 or chlorinated oil containing sulphur as cutexcept when using tipped carbide cutting tools. % Gibbons: Machinability and machining of

Nicloy 5 is a low carbon, 5% nickel steel having good rough ness and resistance ro impact at subatmospheric remperamres. It has excellent combination of high strength, excellent ductility, and good corrosion resistance afrer suitable heat treatment. It is corrosion resistance to certain types of industrial fluids, such as some caustic soda solutions and paper mill liquors. In the corrosion resisting field, Nicloy 5 tubes have been used to a considerable exrent in the handling and evaporation of paper mill black liquors for the recovery of chemicals from sulphate and soda mill liquors. As evaporator tubes replacing carbon steel tubes, Nicloy 5 has given economcial life in the milder concentrations and in low-ve!ocity evaporarors. Its use is not recommended in high ve!ocity forced-circulation evaporators, in which service stainiess steel tubing is preferred. Nicloy 5 has been used and gives excellent service, compared with carbon steel tubing, in evaporator equipment used in the concentration of sodium hydroxide. In such service, its use should be confined co concentrations ranging between 17 and about 22% NaOH ar temperatures 170 to 190F, since higher concentrations or temperatures may resulr in caustic embrinlements (stress-corrosion cracking) at those areas of the metal which have been strained in expanding the tubes into the vaporator heads or tube sheets. Short-time elevared temperature properties are shown to indicate the temperature range for low ductility. The alloy is not intended for high temperature service.

Forms

Available:

Workability:
Cold bending can be done to the same extent as medium carbon steel. If tubes are bent to short radii, 6 to 10 times diameter, heavy strains are introduced. To avoid fracture from shock difIerenrial corrosion in service or stress-corrosion cracking, it is advisable co stress relieve cold bent tubes when the elongation on the outside fibers exceeds about 15%. This may be done by heating the stressed portion locally to approximately 1200F. Moderate hot bending or coiling may be done in the remperamre range lOOO-1250F. Upset or forge in the range 2100-24OOF. After hot working, heat treat to relieve the air-

Tubes

Applications:
Heat exchangers, piping systems, welding fittings, tubes, and for low temperature service to minus evaporator 15OF.

Manufacturer:
The Babcock 8; Wilcox Company Tubular Products Division Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania