NASA NTRS · 19950020442
Ultra high purity, dimensionally stable INVAR 36
Abstract
An INVAR 36 material having long-term dimensional stability is produced by sintering a blend of powders of nickel and iron under pressure in an inert atmosphere to form an alloy containing less than 0.01 parts of carbon and less than 0.1 part aggregate and preferably 0.01 part individually of Mn, Si, P, S and Al impurities. The sintered alloy is heat treated and slowly and uniformly cooled to form a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 1 ppm/C and a temporal stability of less than 1 ppm/year.
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Sokolowski, Witold M., Lane, Marc S., Odonnell, Timothy P., Hsieh, Cheng H.. 1994-06-23. Ultra high purity, dimensionally stable INVAR 36. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950020442
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