Stainless steel valves
masmith
masmith089 at QNET.COM
Sat Mar 23 02:45:44 GMT 1996
At 11:58 AM 3/21/96 +1100, you wrote:
>> The best currently used valve material is "Inconel", once
>>used in Bell's X-15 aircraft (or rocket?)
<snip>
>Inconel is actually a brand name for a range of Nickel based 'super alloys'
>(eg Inconel 718), but there are also iron and cobalt based super alloys
>(examples being Incoloy 800 and Stellite 6B respectively). 1200C is right
>at the upper limit for the conventional super alloys and at these
>temperatures no significant load could be carried. Generally, 950C is
>regarded as the upper limit for load carrying applications.
the Space Shuttlle Main Engine is about 80% Inconel alloys.
I am not sure if Hydrogen embrittlement is a problem with any of you
(does anyone do Hydrogen injection) but you have to watch out for it with
inconels.
(i am honestly not sure if it's only a cryogenic or high temp problem
metallurgy is not my expertise)
Matt Smith
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