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Mcpherson, William B.

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Hydrogen resistant alloy - NASA 23

The invention is a high-strength metal alloy that resists hydrogen embrittlement consisting essentially of thirty-seven (37) percent by weight of iron, thirty-two (32) percent by weight of nickel, fifteen (15) percent by weight of cobalt, ten (10) percent by weight of chromium, three (3) percent by weight of niobium, two-and-one-half (2.5) percent by weight of titanium, fifteen hundredths (0.15) percent by weight of aluminum, and an amount of carbon that does not exceed four hundredths (0.04) percent by weight.

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Alloys For Corrosive, Hydrogen-Rich Environments

"NASA-23" denotes class of alloys resisting both embrittlement by hydrogen and corrosion. Weldable and castable and formed by such standard processes as rolling, forging, and wire drawing. Heat-treated to obtain desired combinations of strength and ductility in ranges of 100 to 180 kpsi yield strength, 120 to 200 kpsi ultimate tensile strength, and 10 to 30 percent elongation at break. Used in place of most common aerospace structural alloy, Inconel(R) 718.

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