Abstract: A sulfidation-resistant alloy containing about 0.02-0.08 w/o carbon, 21-24.5 w/o chromium, 52-60 w/o nickel, 1-3.5 w/o molybdenum, 1.75-3.25 w/o titanium, 0.75-2.25 w/o aluminum, 0.50-2 w/o columbium, up to 0.02 w/o boron and the balance iron, the elements being balanced to provide an average electron-vacancy number Nv not greater than 2.54. When so balanced, the alloy is stabilized against the formation of no more than 10 v/o Cr-rich alpha phase. Preferably, the elements are balanced so that Nv is not greater than 2.45 and better yet not greater than 2.40.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant austenitic stainless steel alloy and articles made therefrom consisting essentially in weight percent of______________________________________ (w/o) ______________________________________ C 0.03-0.1 Mn 4-11 Si 0.6 Max. Cr 20-23 Ni 14-18 Mo 4.8-5.6 B 0.01 Max. Ce + La 0.4 Max. Al 0.1 Max. C + N 0.23 Min. ______________________________________in which nitrogen ranges from a minimum of 0.15 w/o to no more than the amount that can be retained in solid solution, the balance being essentially iron, and the elements being balanced so that cold rolled annealed specimens prepared with a crevice and tested in accordance with ASTM G48-76 in 10 w/o FeCl.sub.3 .multidot.6H.sub.2 O at 50.degree. C. for 72 hours have a weight loss of less than 0.3 gram. An embodiment that is particularly well suited for making autogeneously welded articles, e.g.

Abstract: A shaped article is provided having a composite structure made up primarily of a substrate which can be cold worked, if at all, only with a disproportionate amount of scrap and a cladding which is compatible with and highly ductile relative to the substrate and which at least during forming, particularly cold rolling, is thick enough and adherent to permit substantial reductions without exposing the hard-to-work substrate. The article is made by filling a container with prealloyed metal powder having the composition desired in the substrate including an ingredient which makes it hard to work. The container has a compatible composition, the substrate composition without the hard-to-work ingredient being illustrated. The container is then sealed, hot compacted, hot rolled and then cold rolled to final thickness to provide a shaped article having a substrate of the hard-to-work composition with an integral cladding metallurgically bonded thereto.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel weld wire for forming a ferritic weld deposit free of martensite under a gas blanket containing a reactive component. The weld wire contains in weight percent about______________________________________ w/o ______________________________________ Carbon 0.04 maximum Manganese 1.0 maximum Silicon 1.0 maximum Phosphorous 0.045 maximum Sulfur 0.045 maximum Chromium 10.50-12.00 Titanium 0.30-0.75 Nitrogen 0.02 maximum Nickel 0.25 maximum Molybdenum 0.50 maximum Copper 0.50 maximum Cobalt 0.25 maximum ______________________________________and the balance iron. The ratio of the weight percent titanium to the sum of the weight percent carbon plus the weight percent nitrogen is at least 12.5:1 in the weld wire and at least 8:1 in the weld deposit.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless corrosion resistant alloy consisting essentially in weight percent (w/o) of______________________________________ Broad-(w/o) Preferred-(w/o) ______________________________________ C 0.06 Max. 0.015-0.025 Mn 1.00 Max. 0.50 Max. Si 0.50 Max. 0.40 Max. P 0.03 Max. 0.03 Max. S 0.03 Max. 0.005 Max. Cr 22-26 23.5-24.5 Ni 32.5-37 32.5-34.5 Mo 5-6.7 5.5-6.2 Cu 1.0-4 3.0-3.5 B 0.005 Max. 0.0015-0.0035 Nb 1 Max. 0.15-0.25 N 0.4 Max.* 0.05 Max. Ce + La 0.4 Max.** 0.3 Max.** ______________________________________ *OR the limit of solubility. **Amount added as misch metal.The balance is iron and incidental impurities. The alloy is useful for the production of parts requiring good resistance to corrosion. It has good resistance to pitting and stress corrosion when exposed to chlorides and has good resistance to oxidizing media. The alloy is particularly useful as parts for fume scrubbers and in phosphoric acid plants.

Abstract: Bimetal strip the high-expansion element of which is an alloy which, in weight percent (w/o), consists essentially of up to about 0.50 w/o carbon, about 15-50 w/o manganese, up to about 2 w/o silicon, up to about 12 w/o chromium, about 10-35 w/o nickel, up to about 10 w/o cobalt and the balance iron except for incidental amounts of other elements which may include up to about 0.04 w/o phosphorus, up to about 0.04 w/o sulfur as well as other elements which do not significantly detract from the desired properties or result in the formation of ferrite or otherwise render the desired room temperature austenitic structure of the alloy unstable so as to significantly reduce the coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A compacted article having low thermal expansivity and high thermal conductivity is made by compacting a mixture of two metal powders, one of which has low thermal expansivity and the other of which has high thermal conductivity, and strip material made therefrom which is suitable for use in forming the supportive lead frames in integrated circuit components. The powders are mixed together, formed into a green preform, sintered, and rolled to size to produce compacted or densified strip which has a unique combination of low thermal expansivity and high thermal conductivity. A low-expansivity metal disclosed in an alloy containing about 45-70% iron, 20-55% nickel, up to 25% cobalt, and up to 5% chromium which in powder form is mixed with a high-conductivity metal powder disclosed as substantially elemental iron, copper or nickel.

Abstract: A carburizing alloy steel and case-hardened articles made therefrom, having high core impact strength and fracture toughness combined with high case hot hardness and temper resistance at 400.degree. F. (204.degree. C.), containing 0.06-0.16% carbon, 0.2-0.7% manganese, 0.5-1.5% silicon, 0.5-1.5% chromium, 1.5-3% nickel, 1-4% copper, 2.5-4% molybdenum, up to 0.4% vanadium, and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy may also contain small amounts of phosphorus, sulfur, nitrogen, aluminum, columbium, titanium, zirconium, and calcium.

Abstract: A liquid cryogen pump in which liquid is maintained on both sides of the pump piston during operation. In the preferred embodiment, vapor, when present in the pump chamber, is passed from in front to behind the piston by providing a predetermined clearance between the piston and the cylinder in which it is reciprocated. The clearance is preferably large enough to pass enough liquid cryogen to maintain the desired head of liquid behind the piston. In the embodiment set forth, the pump is arranged so that it can be immersed in the liquid cryogen to be pumped with its pumping chamber and valves at or close to the bottom of the liquid cryogen supply. Heat transfer between the warm, upper end of the pump and its cold end is effectively restricted, and, preferably, the warm end is connected to the cold end of the pump by thin-walled tubular members formed of low thermal conductive materials to minimize heat transfer by conduction.

Abstract: A low alloy temper resistant saw blade steel containing about 0.90-1.4% carbon, 0.8-2% silicon, 0.5-1.5% vanadium, 1-3% tungsten plus twice the percent molybdenum, and the balance iron plus incidental impurities having a minimum hardness of Rc 60 in its hardness and tempered condition and which is not softened by exposure to temperatures of about 600.degree. F. A process for preparing the steel is also disclosed in which the alloy is hot worked to strip which is then austenitized, isothermally transformed at least in part to bainite, and subjected to a subcritical anneal to form a pinpoint carbide structure with hardness reduced sufficiently to facilitate fabrication of the saw teeth. After the saw teeth are formed and set, the heat treatment is completed by flame hardening the teeth and tempering so that the teeth are at a minimum hardness of about Rc 60 and do not soften when exposed to temperatures of about 600.degree. F.

Abstract: An alloy, and shaped articles made therefrom, having high thermal expansion and/or high electrical resistivity with enhanced mechanical strength containing______________________________________ w/o ______________________________________ Copper 5-30 Nickel 5-30 Nitrogen 0.1-1.0 ______________________________________The balance at least 65-<85% manganese and varying amounts of other elements such as one or more of the elements C, Si, P, S, Mo, Co, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Fe, Hf, Zr, B and Be which do not objectionably detract from the desired properties.

Abstract: A coating bath containing sodium and/or potassium silicate is stabilized and its useful life prolonged by the additions of sodium or potassium hydroxide in amounts at least substantially equal to that required to compensate for the amounts of CO.sub.2 or CO.sub.3 anions introduced into the bath which, in reacting with the hydroxide formed by the hydrolysis of the silicate to form carbonates, upsets the hydrolysis equilibrium leading to further hydrolysis of the silicate. Similarly, a quantity of hydroxide is added to compensate substantially for other reactive species which significantly affect the hydrolysis equilibrium of the silicate.

Abstract: Automatic welding apparatus for making uniform welds around the perimeter of a polygonal shape made up of a succession of flats and arcuate corners is described in connection with a tubular hexagonal workpiece which is rotated about its longitudinal axis beneath a welding torch assembly. The distance of the welding electrode above the workpiece is maintained as preselected by automatic voltage control means. The welding electrode is automatically maintained perpendicular to a tangent to the surface of the workpiece and extending in the plane of the weld line by oscillating the welding torch assembly so that its longitudinal axis describes an arc having its center on the longitudinal axis of rotation of the workpiece in synchronization with the rotation of the workpiece. Synchronization is provided by means of an annular cam surface which is rotated in predetermined relation to the workpiece and which controls the oscillation of the welding torch assembly.

Abstract: A dry-film, water-base lubricant is provided for coating metallic workpieces for use in cold forming operations comprising MoS.sub.2 powder, hydroxyethyl cellulose, and sodium and/or potassium silicate. A process for applying this lubricant and a lubricated workpiece are also provided.

Abstract: Shaped magnetic articles made from powder material are provided containing about 70 to 85% nickel, more than 10% iron, one or more of 0 to 5% chromium, 0 to 6% molybdenum, 0 to 6% copper, 0 to 2% manganese, 0 to 1% titanium and 0 to 1% niobium, containing also about 0.1 to 2.0% of a refractory metal oxide, and having a unique combination of magnetic and physical properties. A process for making the shaped magnetic articles from metal powder and refractory oxide is also disclosed by which the metal and refractory oxide powder are blended, sintered and worked to provide substantially homogeneous articles having at least 99% theoretical density.

Abstract: A chromium-nickel age hardenable martensitic stainless steel containing about up to 0.05% carbon, up to about 0.5% manganese, up to about 0.5% silicon, up to about 0.04% phosphorus, up to about 0.02% sulfur, about 10.5-12% chromium, about 8.5-9.5% nickel, about 2.1-3.0% copper, about 0.7-0.93% aluminum, up to about 0.01% boron, about 0.20-0.55% columbium, and the balance iron plus impurities.

Abstract: An alloy steel is provided containing, by weight percent, carbon 0.5-1.1, manganese 0.10-<0.50, silicon 0.10-<0.80, chromium 3.5-5.0, molybdenum 2.5-5.0, vanadium 0.5-2.0, cobalt 0.5-4.0, columbium 0.15-0.50, up to 0.10 aluminum and the balance iron except for incidental impurities. The alloy can be balanced to provide a minimum room temperature hardness of R.sub.c 60 with outstanding toughness and ductility or to provide a minimum room temperature hardness of R.sub.c 63 with good wear resistance and toughness.

Abstract: The process prevents prior powder particle boundary delineation by providing one or more surfactant elements which prevent nucleation of carbides at the particle surfaces with the result that carbide precipitation occurs within the powder particles rather than predominantly at the particle surfaces. In one embodiment, a small but effective amount of one or more surfactants is added to prealloyed powder before the powder is enclosed and densified at elevated temperature. In another embodiment, the surfactant is added to the melt of the prealloyed powder prior to atomization. The surfactant should be capable of forming a vapor under the conditions of hot densification, should be a strong oxide and/or sulfide former, must be a weak carbide former, should form oxides and/or sulfides which will not nucleate carbides of other elements, and which, if present in the article made from the powder, will not objectionably affect the desired properties.

Abstract: Precipitation hardenable or hardened nickel-cobalt-iron base alloy containing nickel, cobalt, iron, columbium, titanium, aluminum and boron as the only essential elements, characterized by a mean coefficient of linear expansion of about 3.times.10.sup.-.sup.6 /.degree. F to 6.times.10.sup.-.sup.6 /.degree. F from room temperature to its Curie temperature of at least about 600.degree. F to 1000.degree. F or higher. The alloy contains about 35-45% nickel, 13-18% cobalt, 2.5-7.0% columbium, 1.0-4.0% titanium, 0.1-2% aluminum, and a small but essential amount of boron.

Abstract: weld-filler material particularly useful in providing enhanced freedom from weld cracking in fully austenitic Fe--Ni--Cr--Mo--Cu material in which the elements P, Cb, Ce+La, C, Si, S, N and O are controlled to low levels and in which the level of manganese is increased to at least 1% and preferably to at least 1.5%. The weld-filler material in weight percent contains:Carbon -- 0.035 Max.Manganese -- 1-4.0Silicon -- 0.20 Max.Phosphorus -- 0.020 Max.Sulfur -- 0.005 Max.Chromium -- 19.0 -26.0Nickel -- 32.5-38Molybdenum -- 2-9Copper -- 3.0-4.0Columbium -- 0.35 Max.Cerium -- 0.01 Max.Boron -- 0.0035 Max.the balance being iron and in which cerium includes cerium plus lanthanum or misch metal.