The Effect of Cu Content and Surface Finish on the Metal Dusting Resistance of Additively Manufactured NiCu Alloys

Due to the inhibiting behavior of Cu, NiCu alloys represent an interesting candidate in carburizing atmospheres. However, manufacturing by conventional casting is limited. It is important to know whether the corrosion behavior of conventionally and additively manufactured parts differ. Samples of binary NiCu alloys and Monel Alloy 400 were generated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and exposed to a carburizing atmosphere (20 vol% CO–20% H2–1% H2O–8% CO2–51% Ar) at 620 °C and 18 bar for 960 h. Powders and printed samples were investigated using several analytic techniques such as EPMA, SEM, and roughness measurement. Grinding of the material after building (P1200 grit surface finish) generally reduced the metal dusting attack. Comparing the different compositions, a much lower attack was found in the case of the binary model alloys, whereas the technical Monel Alloy 400 showed a four orders of magnitude higher mass loss during exposure despite its Cu content of more than 30 wt%.

Effect of Cu Alloying on S Poisoning of Ni Surfaces and Nanoparticle Morphologies Using Ab-Initio Thermodynamics Calculations

We investigated the effect of Cu alloying on S poisoning of Ni surfaces and nanoparticle morphologies using ab-initio thermodynamics calculations. Based on the Cu segregation energy and the S adsorption energy, the surface energy and nanoparticle morphology of pure Ni, pure Cu, and NiCu alloys were evaluated as functions of the chemical potential of S and the surface orientations of (100), (110), and (111). The constructed nanoparticle morphology was varied as a function of chemical potential of S. We find that the Cu added to Ni for NiCu alloys is strongly segregated into the top surface, and increases the S tolerance of the NiCu nanoparticles.

Preparation and electromagnetic wave absorption properties of novel dendrite-like NiCu alloy composite

The dendrite-like NiCu alloys show outstanding microwave absorption properties with the features of thin-thickness, strong absorption and wide-band.

Structure, Phase Transformations and Properties of Rapidly Quenched Ti2NiCu Alloys

Methods of X-ray diffraction, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and electron diffraction have been used to study phase and chemical compositions and structure of Ti2NiCu alloys. The alloys of the quasi-binary section TiNi–TiCu, which exhibit in the initial as-cast state thermoelastic martensitic transformations B2↔B19 and related shape memory effects, have been produced by rapid quenching of the melt (melt spinning technique). The chemical composition of the Ti2NiCu alloys was varied with respect to titanium and nickel within x ≤ ±1 at. %. The mechanical properties of the alloys have been measured in the initial state and after subsequent heat treatment. The kinetics of the crystallization from the amorphous state, devitrification processes and the forward and reverse thermoelastic martensitic transformations were investigated. Their characteristic temperatures have been determined by measuring temperature dependences of the electrical resistivity of the alloys. The diagram of the dependence of the critical temperatures on the chemical composition has been constructed.