Nitronic 60
Nitronic 60
(UNS S21800)
Electralloys Nitronic 60 Stainless Steel provides a significantly lower cost alternative to fight wear and galling compared to cobalt and high nickel alloys. Its uniform corrosion resistance exceeds Type 304 in most media. Chloride pitting resistance is superior to Type 316 and room temperature yield strength is twice that of 304 or 316. Nitronic 60 offers excellent high temperature oxidation resistance and low temperature impact resistance.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (Nominal Analysis, weight percent)
Carbon (max.).................................. Manganese..................................... Phosphorous (max.)....................... Sulfur (max.)................................... 0.10 7.0/9.0 0.04 0.010 Silicon (max.)................................... 3.5/4.5 Chromium....................................... 16.0/18.0 Nickel.............................................. 8.0/9.0 Nitrogen......................................... 0.08/0.18
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Outstanding galling resistance at both room temperature and elevated temperatures makes Electralloys Nitronic 60 Stainless Steel a valuable material for valve stems; seats and trim; fastening systems, including nuts and bolts; chain drive systems; pins, bushings and bearings; and pump components such as wear rings and lobes. Nitronic 60 is the most effective wear and galling resistant material for bridge pins and is used in hydroelectric dam wear applications. Cavitation erosion resistance of Nitronic 60 is superior to the austenitic stainless steels as well as duplex stainless steels making it highly successful for wear rings in vertical centrifugal pumps. The combination of Nitronic 60 and Nitronic 50 has replaced cobalt wear alloys in some cases. The use of Nitronic 60 weld overlay on most other stainless steels and certain carbon steels develops sound deposits with wear galling resistant properties about equal to an all weld deposit. Electralloys Nitronic 60 Stainless Steel is supplied in ingot, forging billet, bar, plate and welding wire to meet the requirements of the following specifications, and more
AMS 5848, ASTM A240, ASTM A276, ASTM A314, ASTM A193 (bolting), ASTM A194 (nuts), ASTM A479, ASTM A580 (wire), ASTM A351 (castings for high temp service), ASTM A743 (castings) AWS A5.9 (ER218 alloy weld wire), ASME Code Case 1817
The information and data contained in this Product Data sheet are intended for general information and do not constitute any warranty, expressed or implied, of suitability for any applications or design.
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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Room and Elevated Temperature Tensile:
UTS ksi Nominal 1 (25.4 mm) dia. bars 70F (21C) 400F (204C) 1200F (649C) um/m/C 15.8 17.3 18.5 104 80 65 717 552 448 57 34 28 393 234 193 62 69 49 MPa ksi YS MPa El %
Density:
WORKABILITY
Nitronic 60 may be formed by the same methods used with other austenitic stainless steels. However the alloy is stronger and requires more power for forming and forging. Forging should be accomplished after heating to 2150F. Additional reheats will be required relative to Type 316. In-process annealing for fabrication or forming may be done at 1900F to 2000F.
70%
HEAT TREATMENT
Annealing is done at 1900F to 2000F followed by water quenching. Nitronic 60 cannot be hardened by heat treatment.
CORROSION RESISTANCE
General corrosion resistance of Electralloys Nitronic 60 Stainless Steel falls between that of Types 304 and 316. Nitronic 60 does offer better chloride pitting resistance and stress corrosion resistance than Type 316 in laboratory conditions. (Corrosion tests are not normally performed for Nitronic 60 High Strength.)
MACHINABILITY
Because of its desirable metallurgical properties of wear and galling resistance, machining of Nitronic 60 is not easy. However with sufficient power and tool rigidity Nitronic 60 can be very successfully machined. Use of coated carbide tooling is suggested.
MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY
Nitronic 60 is characterized by low magnetic permeability even after severe cold working and at cryogenic temperatures.
WELDABILITY
Nitronic 60 is readily weldable using conventional joining processes. Weld metal tensile strengths are slightly above those of the unwelded base metal. Wear properties are near, but slightly below those of the unwelded base metal.
04/12/2012
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