(19)
(11) EP 2 520 678 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.12.2016 Bulletin 2016/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.2012 Bulletin 2012/45

(21) Application number: 12166469.2

(22) Date of filing: 02.05.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C22C 19/05(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 04.05.2011 US 201113100441

(71) Applicant: General Electric Company
Schenectady, NY 12345 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Feng, Ganjiang
    Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 (US)
  • Schaeffer, Jon Conrad
    Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 (US)
  • Balsone, Stephen Joseph
    Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 (US)
  • Sundaram, Hariharan
    560066 Bangalore, Karnataka (IN)
  • Amancherla, Sundar
    560066 Bangalore, Karnataka (IN)
  • Mukira, Gitahi Charles
    Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 (US)

(74) Representative: Pöpper, Evamaria et al
General Electric Technology GmbH GE Corporate Intellectual Property Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden
5400 Baden (CH)

   


(54) Nickel-base alloy


(57) The invention is a class of nickel-base alloys for gas turbine applications, comprising, by weight, about 13.7 to about 14.3 percent chromium, about 5.0 to about 10.0 percent cobalt, about 3.5 to about 5.2 percent tungsten, about 2.8 to about 5.2 percent titanium, about 2.8 to about 4.6 percent aluminum, about 0.0 to about 3.5 percent tantalum, about 1.0 to about 1.7 percent molybdenum, about 0.08 to about 0.13 percent carbon, about 0.005 to about 0.02 percent boron, about 0.0 to about 1.5 percent niobium, about 0.0 to about 2.5 percent hafnium, about 0.0 to about 0.04 percent zirconium, and the balance substantially nickel. The nickel-base alloys may be provided in the form of useful articles of manufacture, and which possess a unique combination of mechanical properties, microstructural stability, resistance to localized pitting and hot corrosion in high temperature corrosive environments, and high yields during the initial forming process as well as post-forming manufacturing and repair processes.





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