Description
Nitronic 60
When Nitronic 60 was first made, it was meant to be a high temperature alloy. It has good high-temperature properties for temperatures around 1800 oF. Nitronic 60's oxidation resistance is about the same as Type 309 S.S. and much better than Type 304 S.S. This grade is best known for how well it resists wear and galling. It now has a matrix that protects against wear, galling, and fretting even when it's been annealed. The addition of silicon and manganese has made this alloy even more durable. In order to get more strength from the material, you can cold work it. It is still fully austenitic even after a lot of cold work. For carbon steels and some stainless steels, this does not make them more resistant to galling. This means that the cold or hot work done to the material makes it stronger and more durable, and the wear resistance doesn't change much.A lot of chromium and nickel make it corrosive like 304 and 316 stainless steel, but it has a lot more yield strength than that.
For weight and cost savings, you can use thinner stock because annealed parts have a lot of strength. In most places, Nitronic 60's uniform corrosion resistance is better than that of 304 stainless steel, which is what most people use. Nickel 60 has a strength that is almost twice as strong as 304 and 316 stainless steel. Nitronic 60 has better chloride pitting resistance than type 316 stainless steel. It also has better high-temperature oxidation resistance and low-temperature impact strength than type 316 stainless steel.
