Alloy B-3® / UNS N10675
Description
Alloy B-3® is an additional member of the nickel-molybdenum family of alloys with excellent resistance to hydrochloric acid at all concentrations and temperatures. It also withstands sulfuric, acetic, formic and phosphoric acids, and other non-oxidizing media. B-3® alloy has a special chemistry designed to achieve a level of thermal stability greatly superior to that of it predecessors, e.g. B-2 alloy.
Alloy B-3® has excellent resistance to pitting corrosion, to stress-corrosion cracking and to knife-line and heat-affected zone attack. The improved thermal stability of alloy B-3® minimizes the problems associated with fabrication of B-2 alloy components. This is due to the reduced tendency to precipitate deleterious intermetallic phases in alloy B-3®, thereby, affording it greater ductility than B-2 alloy during and following various thermal cycling conditions. B-3® has good overall forming and welding characteristics. It may be forged or otherwise hot-worked, providing that it is held at 2250°F. (1230°C) for a time sufficient to bring the entire piece to temperature. Since it is a low carbon alloy, the use of lower hot finishing temperatures may be necessary to achieve grain size control. B-3® may also be formed by cold working. Although it does work-harden somewhat rapidly, B-3® components can be made using all common cold forming techniques. Limited tests in boiling 20 percent hydrochloric acid indicate that the uniform corrosion resistance of B-3® alloy is not affected by cold reductions up to 50 percent as compared to that of the alloy in the solution heat-treated condition.
Alloy B-3® can be welded by all common welding techniques, although oxyacetylene and submerged arc welding processes are recommended when the fabricated item is to be used in corrosive service. Special precautions should be taken to avoid excessive heat input. All wrought forms of B-3® are furnished in the solution heat-treated condition unless otherwise specified. B-3® is solution heat-treated at 1950°F (1065°C) and rapid quenched, except for bright annealed sheet or coil products which are heat-treated at 2100°F (1150°C) and cooled in hydrogen. B-3® is available in form of plate, sheet, strip, billet, bar, wire, pipe and tubing. B-3® is suitable for use in all applications previously requiring the use of B-2 alloy. Like B-2 alloy, B-3® is not recommended for use in the presence of ferric or cupric salts as these salts may cause rapid corrosion failure. Ferric or cupric salts may develop when hydrochloric acid comes into contact with iron or copper.
The single greatest advantage for alloy B-3® over B-2 alloy accrues from its ability to maintain excellent ductility during transient exposures to intermediate temperatures. Such exposures are routinely experienced during heat treatments associated with fabrication. While very short exposures at temperatures such as 1290°F (700°C) can severely embrittle B-2 alloy at temperature, B-3® exhibits a marked resistance to such embrittlement for up to several hours. This provides far greater facility for the alloy to be fabricated into complex components such as formed heads.
ASME has published Code Case 2140 for solution annealed B-3® (UNS N10675). The alloy is also covered by ASTM specifications B-333 (plate, sheet and strip), B-335 (bar), B-366 (welded fittings), B564 (forgings), B619 (welded pipe), B622 (seamless pipe and tube) and B626 (welded tube). B-3® is a registered trademark of Haynes International Inc.
Specifications
N10675, ASTM B366, ASME SB366, WPHB3-W, ASME B16.9, ANNEALED, MERCURY FREE, EN 10204-3.1 (W/O X-RAY), ASTM B335, ASME SB335, ASTM B564, ASME SB564, DIMENSIONS PER ASME B16.5, ASTM B462, ASME SB462, ASME B16.5, COLD DRAWN, HOT FINISHED, ASTM B626, ASME SB626, B/SB626 CLASS III, ASTM B333, ASME SB333, COLD ROLLED, HOT ROLLED
