High temperature alloys: cutting-edge industrial materials
High temperature alloys, also known as heat-resistant alloys or superalloys, are alloy materials based on iron, nickel, and cobalt that can resist oxidation, corrosion, and creep at high temperatures above 600 ℃, and can work for a long time under high mechanical stress. Based on the above performance characteristics, high-temperature alloys are currently a cutting-edge industrial material standing at the top of the pyramid. They are not only key materials for hot end components of aviation engines and various high-temperature components of aerospace rocket engines, but also widely used in industrial sectors such as gas turbines, energy, and chemical industry.
High temperature alloys can be divided into iron-based high-temperature alloys, nickel based high-temperature alloys, cobalt based high-temperature alloys, etc. according to the type of matrix element. Among them, nickel based high-temperature alloys have relatively stronger heat resistance, so they are the most widely used, with a large proportion of 80% used in production. According to the manufacturing process,they can be divided into deformed high-temperature alloys, cast high-temperature alloys and powder high-temperature alloys.