EP1491651B1 - NITRIDED Mo ALLOY WORKED MATERIAL HAVING HIGH CORROSION RESISTANCE, HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH TOUGHNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, having improved strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance as a result of a combination treatment of internal nitriding and external nitriding, and a method for manufacturing the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding.
- Molybdenum (Mo) that has, for example, a high melting point (about 2600°C), relatively high mechanical strength superior to other metals having high melting points, a low thermal expansion coefficient, excellent electrical conduction and thermal conduction properties, and a high corrosion resistance to a melted alkali metal and hydrochloric acid, can be applied to, for example, electrodes, components for vessels, components for semiconductors, components for heat-resistant structures, and materials for nuclear reactors.
- a worked material having a worked structure exhibits high toughness due to suppressed crack growth.
- strength at high temperatures is not satisfactory because a crack readily grows to cause embrittlement. Therefore, Mo-Ti(0.5)-Zr(0.08)-C(0.03) (TZM) alloy and Mo-Nb(1.5)-Ti(0.5)-Zr(0.03)-C(0.03) (TZC) alloy have been developed as molybdenum alloys having improved strength at high temperatures.
- Molybdenum has excellent properties as described above. However, molybdenum has no corrosion resistance against oxidizing acids such as nitric acid and hot concentrated sulfuric acid. Regarding the improvement of the corrosion resistance, the inventors developed a highly corrosion-resistant molybdenum-based composite material having a molybdenum nitride (Mo 2 N) with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 ⁇ m produced by nitriding molybdenum and a molybdenum alloy (patent document 2).
- Mo 2 N molybdenum nitride
- WO 01/18276 A relates to a high melting point metal based alloy material which is produced by a method wherein a metal element for forming a nitride contained as a component of a solid solution in an alloy-forming material having one metal of Mo, W and Cr as a master phase is subject-ted to an internal nitriding at a low temperature of a higher most recrystallization temperature or lower, to thereby incorporating ultra fine nitride particles dispersed therein and thus increasing a lower most recrystallization temperature of the alloy-forming material.
- the internally nitrided material is later subjected to a second nitriding treatment at a temperature of its lower most recrystallization temperature or higher, to thereby grow ultra fine precipitated particles of a nitride with at least surface side of the material maintaining the deformation texture of the master phase, and to form a stabilized structure.
- tantalum is useful as a material for use in very severe corrosive conditions (for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution).
- very severe corrosive conditions for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution.
- tantalum has low strength, in particular, its strength is low at high temperatures; hence, it is inappropriate for an apparatus and a structural material which require high strength.
- the above-described highly corrosion-resistant molybdenum-based composite material which is developed as an alternative to tantalum by the inventors has a disadvantage in that a base material is recrystallized during the manufacturing process to cause the embrittlement of the entire material.
- an object of the present invention to provide an innovative material, which has properties which cannot be achieved with conventional materials, i.e., having satisfactory high corrosion resistance and high strength in very severe corrosive conditions, for example, a 75% sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) aqueous solution (180°C), in addition to high strength at high temperatures and high toughness at low temperatures, and to provide a method for effectively manufacturing the innovative material.
- conventional materials i.e., having satisfactory high corrosion resistance and high strength in very severe corrosive conditions, for example, a 75% sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) aqueous solution (180°C)
- H 2 SO 4 75% sulfuric acid
- a worked molybdenum-alloy material, subjected to nitriding which has high corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness, includes fine nitride particles formed by subjecting a nitride-forming-metal element dissolved to form a solid solution in an untreated worked molybdenum-alloy material to internal nitriding, the fine nitride particles being dispersed inside the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding; and a molybdenum nitride layer formed by subjecting a worked structure or a recovered structure at the surface of the untreated worked molybdenum-alloy material to external nitriding, the molybdenum nitride layer being provided at the surface of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding.
- the molybdenum nitride layer at the surface of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding is composed of at least any one of ⁇ -MoN, ⁇ -Mo 2 N, and ⁇ -Mo 2 N.
- a layer between the molybdenum nitride layer and the matrix in the inside of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding has a worked structure or recovered structure.
- the inside of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding has a recrystallized structure after the internal nitriding.
- a method for manufacturing a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding includes the steps of subjecting an untreated worked alloy in which at least any one of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, and tantalum is dissolved to form a solid solution in a molybdenum matrix to multi-step internal nitriding treatment including a stepwise increase of the treatment temperature, and then subjecting the worked alloy to external nitriding treatment.
- the internal nitriding treatment is performed with a nitrogen gas, and then the external nitriding treatment is performed with an ammonia gas.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of the cross-sectional structure of a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding of the present invention.
- the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding shown in Fig. 1 has a triple-layer structure including a layer having nano-size nitride particles 2 dispersed in the worked structure or recovered structure 3 at the outer side of a worked alloy material 1; a molybdenum nitride (Mo 2 N) surface layer 4 produced by subjecting a worked structure or a recovered structure 3 to external nitriding; and a molybdenum recrystallized structure layer 5.
- a worked material composed of an alloy is relatively thin, a worked structure can be completely maintained through the entire worked material. In this case, a double layer structure is produced without the molybdenum recrystallized layer 5.
- a worked material is produced by processing, for example, rolling a dilute alloy which has a matrix composed of molybdenum and in which at least any one of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), or tantalum (Ta) is dissolved to form a solid solution.
- dilute alloy means an alloy in which the content of the solute element(s) in a solid solution alloy is about 5 percent by weight or less.
- a worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, having high corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness according to the present invention is manufactured by an internal nitriding treatment including steps (1) to (3) and an external nitriding treatment (4) described below.
- Fig. 2 shows schematic views (1) to (3) illustrating the structures of a worked material at each step (1) to (3), respectively, of the internal nitriding treatment including a stepwise increase of the heating temperature.
- Table 1 shows the relationship between the temperature of heating treatment and the thickness of the surface layer of a Mo-Ti-alloy (Ti content: 0.5 percent by weight).
- the layer thickness increases with the increase in heating temperature. It is better to increase the layer thickness in view of corrosion resistance.
- toughness bending properties
- striking a balance between toughness and corrosion resistance requires that the external nitriding treatment (about 3 ⁇ m or less of layer thickness) be performed at 900°C or less.
- a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding of the present invention is useful for, for example, supporting plates for semiconductors, ceramics, and metals; heaters for high-temperature furnaces; components for high-temperature furnaces; structural materials for chemical equipment and apparatuses used in corrosive atmospheres (including high-temperature incinerators); and materials for reactors with supercritical solutions and/or subcritical solutions.
- the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding is also useful for, for example, acid-resistant vessels and tubes for oxidizing acids such as sulfuric acid and nitric acid; materials for apparatuses used in very severe corrosive conditions (for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution); ultra-high-temperature heaters; injection molds for metals; and injection nozzles for diesel engines.
- a worked Mo-Ti-alloy (Ti content: 1.0 percent by weight) in the form of a plate having a side of 10 mm and a thickness of 1 mm was subjected to internal nitriding up to the fourth step at predetermined heating temperatures in a nitrogen gas flow (1 atm).
- the profile of the heating temperature was set as follows: 900°C ⁇ 950°C ⁇ 1200°C ⁇ 1500°C.
- the surface region of the worked material (up to about 200 ⁇ m in depth from the surface) maintained a worked structure or a recovered structure (the inside of the worked material consisted of a recrystallized structure).
- fine titanium nitride particles were precipitated and dispersed in the surface region.
- external nitriding treatment was performed at 1000°C for 4 hours in an ammonia (NH 3 ) gas flow (1 atm) to form a molybdenum nitride (for example, ⁇ -Mo 2 N) layer having a thickness of 14.0 ⁇ m at the surface of the worked material.
- NH 3 ammonia
- This worked material had a triple layer structure as follows:
- the surface of the worked material was composed of a molybdenum nitride layer.
- the inside of the molybdenum nitride layer was composed of a nitride layer of an element which is dissolved to form a solid solution in a molybdenum matrix of a worked structure or a recovered structure in which fine titanium nitride (TiN) particles are precipitated and dispersed.
- TiN titanium nitride
- the inside of the nitride layer is composed of a molybdenum-alloy layer having a structure with isometric and coarse recrystallized grain.
- Fig. 3 shows the results of a corrosion test in a boiling 75% concentrated sulfuric acid solution at 185°C in order to evaluate corrosion resistance in severe corrosive conditions.
- Fig. 3 also shows the results of pure molybdenum as a reference. As shown in Fig. 3 , the pure molybdenum was heavily corroded and exhibited a high corrosion rate of 8 mm/year, while the worked material (COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE) was hardly corroded and exhibited a corrosion rate of 0.076 mm/year. That is, it was found that the worked material of the present invention exhibited substantially complete corrosion resistance ((corrosion rate) ⁇ 0.05 mm/year).
- a worked Mo-Ti-alloy material (Ti content: 0.5 percent by weight) was subjected to internal nitriding up to the third step at predetermined heating temperatures in a nitrogen gas flow (1 atm).
- the profile of the heating temperature was set as follows: 900°C ⁇ 1200°C ⁇ 1500°C.
- the resulting Mo alloy subjected to the internal nitriding up to the third step was further heated (external nitriding treatment) at 900°C for 4 hours in an ammonia gas flow (1 atm) to uniformly form a molybdenum nitride ( ⁇ -MoN, ⁇ -Mo 2 N) layer at the surface of the worked material.
- An X-ray diffraction pattern showed that ⁇ -MoN and ⁇ -Mo 2 N were formed at the external nitrided layer.
- Fig. 3 shows the results of a corrosion test in a boiling 75% concentrated sulfuric acid solution at 185°C.
- the worked material of EXAMPLE 1 was hardly corroded and exhibited a corrosion rate of 0.046 mm/year. That is, the worked material exhibited complete corrosion resistance ((corrosion rate) ⁇ 0.05 mm/year).
- Table 2 shows the bending strength at room temperature (yield strength and maximum strength) of a worked material subjected to internal nitriding up to the third step (900°C ⁇ 1200°C ⁇ 1500°C) and a worked material subjected to external nitriding treatment (at 900°C for 4 hours) after internal nitriding up to the third step.
- Fig. 4 shows a photograph (a) of the cross-sectional structure and a macro photograph (b) of a specimen subjected to the bending test.
- the present invention provides a worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, having high strength and high toughness in addition to high corrosion resistance against oxidizing acids and thus can be used in the most extreme corrosive conditions.
- the worked molybdenum-alloy material is effectively and inexpensively produced by only nitriding.
- the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding contributes to enabling the practical use of molybdenum materials in various applications such as materials for apparatuses used in very severe corrosive conditions (for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution), ultra-high-temperature heaters, injection molds for metals, and injection nozzles for diesel engines, as well as various applications of conventional molybdenum or molybdenum alloys.
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- The present invention relates to a worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, having improved strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance as a result of a combination treatment of internal nitriding and external nitriding, and a method for manufacturing the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding.
- Molybdenum (Mo) that has, for example, a high melting point (about 2600°C), relatively high mechanical strength superior to other metals having high melting points, a low thermal expansion coefficient, excellent electrical conduction and thermal conduction properties, and a high corrosion resistance to a melted alkali metal and hydrochloric acid, can be applied to, for example, electrodes, components for vessels, components for semiconductors, components for heat-resistant structures, and materials for nuclear reactors.
- A worked material having a worked structure exhibits high toughness due to suppressed crack growth. However, in a material recrystallized by heating (about 1050°C or more), strength at high temperatures is not satisfactory because a crack readily grows to cause embrittlement. Therefore, Mo-Ti(0.5)-Zr(0.08)-C(0.03) (TZM) alloy and Mo-Nb(1.5)-Ti(0.5)-Zr(0.03)-C(0.03) (TZC) alloy have been developed as molybdenum alloys having improved strength at high temperatures.
- The inventors found that, in a worked refractory-metal-alloy such as an ultrafine-nitride-containing molybdenum alloy formed by multi-step internal nitriding treatment, high toughness and high strength are achieved by maintaining a worked structure in at least the surface region of the worked material (
patent document 1, non-patentdocuments 1 to 3). - Molybdenum has excellent properties as described above. However, molybdenum has no corrosion resistance against oxidizing acids such as nitric acid and hot concentrated sulfuric acid. Regarding the improvement of the corrosion resistance, the inventors developed a highly corrosion-resistant molybdenum-based composite material having a molybdenum nitride (Mo2N) with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 µm produced by nitriding molybdenum and a molybdenum alloy (patent document 2).
- Patent document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
2001-73060 - Patent document 2: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
11-286770 - Non-patent document 1: Masahiro Nagae, Jun Takada, Yoshito Takemoto, Yutaka Hiraoka, and Tetsuo Yoshio. J. Japan Inst. Metals, 64(2000)747-750.
- Non-patent document 2: Masahiro Nagae, Jun Takada, Yutaka Hiraoka, Yoshito Takemoto, and Tetsuo Yoshio. J. Japan Inst. Metals, 64(2000)751-754.
- Non-patent document 3: Masahiro Nagae, Jun Takada, Yutaka Hiraoka, and Yoshito Takemoto. Materia Japan, 40(2001)666-667.
- Further, attention is drawn to
WO 01/18276 A - International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 16, "NITRIDING OF DILUTE Mo-Ti ALLOYS AT LOW TEMPERATURE OF 1373K" Masahiro NAGAE et al; 1998, p. 127-132 discloses a Mo-0.5Ti alloy substrate having a γ-Mo2N and β-Mo2N surface layer on an internal nitriding layer.
- Only the metal tantalum (Ta) is useful as a material for use in very severe corrosive conditions (for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution). However, tantalum has low strength, in particular, its strength is low at high temperatures; hence, it is inappropriate for an apparatus and a structural material which require high strength. The above-described highly corrosion-resistant molybdenum-based composite material which is developed as an alternative to tantalum by the inventors has a disadvantage in that a base material is recrystallized during the manufacturing process to cause the embrittlement of the entire material.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an innovative material, which has properties which cannot be achieved with conventional materials, i.e., having satisfactory high corrosion resistance and high strength in very severe corrosive conditions, for example, a 75% sulfuric acid (H2SO4) aqueous solution (180°C), in addition to high strength at high temperatures and high toughness at low temperatures, and to provide a method for effectively manufacturing the innovative material.
- The inventors found that a worked molybdenum-alloy material having excellent corrosion resistance against oxidizing acids in addition to high strength and high toughness was effectively and inexpensively produced by subjecting a worked molybdenum material to a combination treatment of internal nitriding and external nitriding.
- That is, a worked molybdenum-alloy material, subjected to nitriding, which has high corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness, includes fine nitride particles formed by subjecting a nitride-forming-metal element dissolved to form a solid solution in an untreated worked molybdenum-alloy material to internal nitriding, the fine nitride particles being dispersed inside the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding; and a molybdenum nitride layer formed by subjecting a worked structure or a recovered structure at the surface of the untreated worked molybdenum-alloy material to external nitriding, the molybdenum nitride layer being provided at the surface of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding.
- In the above-described worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding, the molybdenum nitride layer at the surface of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding is composed of at least any one of δ-MoN, γ-Mo2N, and β-Mo2N.
- In the above-described worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding, a layer between the molybdenum nitride layer and the matrix in the inside of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding has a worked structure or recovered structure.
- In the above-described worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding, the inside of the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding has a recrystallized structure after the internal nitriding.
- A method for manufacturing a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding includes the steps of subjecting an untreated worked alloy in which at least any one of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, and tantalum is dissolved to form a solid solution in a molybdenum matrix to multi-step internal nitriding treatment including a stepwise increase of the treatment temperature, and then subjecting the worked alloy to external nitriding treatment.
- In the method for manufacturing a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding, the internal nitriding treatment is performed with a nitrogen gas, and then the external nitriding treatment is performed with an ammonia gas.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding of the present invention.Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing the structures of a worked material at each step (1) to (3) of the internal nitriding treatment in a manufacturing process of a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding.Fig. 3 is a graph showing the results of a corrosion test of a worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, produced in COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE and EXAMPLE 1 and also showing the result of a pure molybdenum material in COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE.Fig. 4 shows a photograph (a), which is an alternative to a drawing, of the cross-sectional structure of a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding, and also shows a macro photograph (b), which is an alternative to a drawing, after a specimen of a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding was tested by bending. The worked alloy shown in the photographs (a) and (b) are produced in EXAMPLE 1. -
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of the cross-sectional structure of a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding of the present invention. The worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding shown inFig. 1 has a triple-layer structure including a layer having nano-size nitride particles 2 dispersed in the worked structure or recoveredstructure 3 at the outer side of a workedalloy material 1; a molybdenum nitride (Mo2N) surface layer 4 produced by subjecting a worked structure or a recoveredstructure 3 to external nitriding; and a molybdenum recrystallizedstructure layer 5. When a worked material composed of an alloy is relatively thin, a worked structure can be completely maintained through the entire worked material. In this case, a double layer structure is produced without the molybdenum recrystallizedlayer 5. - A worked material is produced by processing, for example, rolling a dilute alloy which has a matrix composed of molybdenum and in which at least any one of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), or tantalum (Ta) is dissolved to form a solid solution. The term "dilute alloy" means an alloy in which the content of the solute element(s) in a solid solution alloy is about 5 percent by weight or less.
- A worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, having high corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness according to the present invention is manufactured by an internal nitriding treatment including steps (1) to (3) and an external nitriding treatment (4) described below.
Fig. 2 shows schematic views (1) to (3) illustrating the structures of a worked material at each step (1) to (3), respectively, of the internal nitriding treatment including a stepwise increase of the heating temperature. - (1) First nitriding step: A worked material is heated in a nitriding atmosphere between a temperature 200°C lower than the lower limit temperature of recrystallization and the upper limit temperature of recrystallization to nitride a nitride-forming-metal element. As a result, a worked material in which ultrafine nitride particles are dispersed is formed. In this first nitriding step, nitrogen is diffused into a worked dilute-alloy material while maintaining a worked structure X1 in the worked material. As a result, the nitride-forming-metal element that is dissolved to form a solid solution in a matrix is subjected to preferential nitriding to form subnano nitride particles, which have diameters of about 1 nm to about 2 nm, in the form of plates, the subnano nitride particles being dispersed in the matrix. The term "preferential nitriding" means a phenomenon in which a nitride-forming-metal element alone is preferentially nitrided but a metal constituting a matrix is not nitrided. A recrystallization temperature is increased due to the pinning effect of the particles precipitated during this nitriding step.
- (2) Second nitriding step: The worked alloy produced by the first nitriding step is heated at equal to or more than the lower limit temperature of recrystallization of the worked material in a nitriding atmosphere, thus leading to the grain growth and the stabilization of the ultrafine nitride particles. The grain growth and the stabilization of the precipitated particles induced by this second nitriding step further increase the recrystallization temperature. In nitriding, recrystallization occurs inside a worked material but a worked structure X2 still remains. When a worked material is relatively thin (3 mm or less), a worked structure can be completely maintained through the entire worked material.
- (3) Third nitriding step and steps following the third step: The worked material produced by the previous steps is heated in a nitriding atmosphere at equal to or more than the lower limit temperature of recrystallization of the worked material, thus leading to the grain growth and the stabilization of the nitride particles. An object of the third step and steps following nitriding in the third step is to further grow and to further stabilize the nitride particles while retaining a worked structure X3. Bar-shaped nitride particles having a thickness of about 10 nm and having a length of about 50 nm are uniformly dispersed in the molybdenum matrix. For example, fourth and fifth nitriding steps after the third nitriding step can be performed, if necessary.
- (4) External nitriding treatment: A molybdenum nitride layer is formed by a strong nitriding treatment. An ammonia gas atmosphere, a nitrogen gas atmosphere, a forming gas atmosphere (the ratio of hydrogen gas to nitrogen gas is 1:9 to 5:5), and an atmosphere produced by subjecting each gas to plasma discharge, may be used as a nitriding atmosphere. Molybdenum nitride formed is at least any one of δ-MoN, γ-Mo2N, or β-Mo2N. The external nitriding treatment is performed such that a worked structure or a recovered structure remains between the molybdenum nitride surface layer and the Mo matrix of the inside of the worked material.
- Table 1 shows the relationship between the temperature of heating treatment and the thickness of the surface layer of a Mo-Ti-alloy (Ti content: 0.5 percent by weight). The layer thickness increases with the increase in heating temperature. It is better to increase the layer thickness in view of corrosion resistance. However, it was found that toughness (bending properties) was reduced with the increase in layer thickness. Therefore, striking a balance between toughness and corrosion resistance requires that the external nitriding treatment (about 3 µm or less of layer thickness) be performed at 900°C or less.
- A worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding of the present invention is useful for, for example, supporting plates for semiconductors, ceramics, and metals; heaters for high-temperature furnaces; components for high-temperature furnaces; structural materials for chemical equipment and apparatuses used in corrosive atmospheres (including high-temperature incinerators); and materials for reactors with supercritical solutions and/or subcritical solutions. In addition, the worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding is also useful for, for example, acid-resistant vessels and tubes for oxidizing acids such as sulfuric acid and nitric acid; materials for apparatuses used in very severe corrosive conditions (for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution); ultra-high-temperature heaters; injection molds for metals; and injection nozzles for diesel engines.
- A worked Mo-Ti-alloy (Ti content: 1.0 percent by weight) in the form of a plate having a side of 10 mm and a thickness of 1 mm was subjected to internal nitriding up to the fourth step at predetermined heating temperatures in a nitrogen gas flow (1 atm). The profile of the heating temperature was set as follows: 900°C → 950°C → 1200°C → 1500°C.
- By this multi-step nitriding treatment, the surface region of the worked material (up to about 200 µm in depth from the surface) maintained a worked structure or a recovered structure (the inside of the worked material consisted of a recrystallized structure). In addition, fine titanium nitride particles were precipitated and dispersed in the surface region. Subsequently, external nitriding treatment was performed at 1000°C for 4 hours in an ammonia (NH3) gas flow (1 atm) to form a molybdenum nitride (for example, γ-Mo2N) layer having a thickness of 14.0 µm at the surface of the worked material.
- This worked material had a triple layer structure as follows: The surface of the worked material was composed of a molybdenum nitride layer. The inside of the molybdenum nitride layer was composed of a nitride layer of an element which is dissolved to form a solid solution in a molybdenum matrix of a worked structure or a recovered structure in which fine titanium nitride (TiN) particles are precipitated and dispersed. The inside of the nitride layer is composed of a molybdenum-alloy layer having a structure with isometric and coarse recrystallized grain.
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Fig. 3 shows the results of a corrosion test in a boiling 75% concentrated sulfuric acid solution at 185°C in order to evaluate corrosion resistance in severe corrosive conditions.Fig. 3 also shows the results of pure molybdenum as a reference. As shown inFig. 3 , the pure molybdenum was heavily corroded and exhibited a high corrosion rate of 8 mm/year, while the worked material (COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE) was hardly corroded and exhibited a corrosion rate of 0.076 mm/year. That is, it was found that the worked material of the present invention exhibited substantially complete corrosion resistance ((corrosion rate)<0.05 mm/year). - A worked Mo-Ti-alloy material (Ti content: 0.5 percent by weight) was subjected to internal nitriding up to the third step at predetermined heating temperatures in a nitrogen gas flow (1 atm). The profile of the heating temperature was set as follows: 900°C → 1200°C → 1500°C. The resulting Mo alloy subjected to the internal nitriding up to the third step was further heated (external nitriding treatment) at 900°C for 4 hours in an ammonia gas flow (1 atm) to uniformly form a molybdenum nitride (δ-MoN, γ-Mo2N) layer at the surface of the worked material. The internal nitrided layer composed of a worked structure or a recovered structure, in which fine titanium nitride particles were precipitated and dispersed by the multi-step nitriding treatment, had a thickness of 310 µm. The external nitrided layer composed of molybdenum nitride had a thickness of 2.8 µm. An X-ray diffraction pattern showed that δ-MoN and γ-Mo2N were formed at the external nitrided layer.
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Fig. 3 shows the results of a corrosion test in a boiling 75% concentrated sulfuric acid solution at 185°C. The worked material of EXAMPLE 1 was hardly corroded and exhibited a corrosion rate of 0.046 mm/year. That is, the worked material exhibited complete corrosion resistance ((corrosion rate)<0.05 mm/year). - Table 2 shows the bending strength at room temperature (yield strength and maximum strength) of a worked material subjected to internal nitriding up to the third step (900°C → 1200°C → 1500°C) and a worked material subjected to external nitriding treatment (at 900°C for 4 hours) after internal nitriding up to the third step.
Fig. 4 shows a photograph (a) of the cross-sectional structure and a macro photograph (b) of a specimen subjected to the bending test.(Table 2) 1100°C 4 h 1000°C 4 h 940°C 4 h 900°C 4 h 850°C 4 h 800°C 4 h 30 µm 14.0 µm 4.7 µm 2.8 µm 1.7 µm 1.1 µm - As shown in Table 2, it was found that both yield strength and maximum strength of the worked material (having a molybdenum nitride layer thickness of about 2.8 µm) subjected to external nitriding treatment at 900°C for 4 hours in EXAMPLE 1 represented high stress values at the same level as those of the material (highly strengthened and highly toughened) subjected to only internal nitriding up to the third step.
- That is, it was proved that a worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding of the present invention had very high strength in addition to high corrosion resistance.
- The present invention provides a worked molybdenum-alloy material, which is subjected to nitriding, having high strength and high toughness in addition to high corrosion resistance against oxidizing acids and thus can be used in the most extreme corrosive conditions. The worked molybdenum-alloy material is effectively and inexpensively produced by only nitriding. The worked molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding contributes to enabling the practical use of molybdenum materials in various applications such as materials for apparatuses used in very severe corrosive conditions (for example, a boiling concentrated sulfuric acid solution), ultra-high-temperature heaters, injection molds for metals, and injection nozzles for diesel engines, as well as various applications of conventional molybdenum or molybdenum alloys.
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- A method for manufacturing a molybdenum-alloy material processed by a combined treatment of internal nitriding and external nitriding, comprising the steps of:internally nitriding an un-heat treated as-worked molybdenum-alloy material in which at least any one of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, and tantalum is dissolved to form a solid solution in a molybdenum matrix through a multi-step internal nitriding treatment including at least three-step increases of treatment temperature, and thenexternally nitriding the outer side of the internally nitrided molybdenum-alloy through an external nitriding treatment at 900 °C or lower so as to form a molybdenum nitride surface layer of 3 µm or less on the internal nitriding layer,wherein the molybdenum-alloy material has a higher yield strength than the internally nitrided molybdenum-alloy material without the molybdenum nitride surface layer on the nitride-particle-dispersed layer.
- The method for manufacturing a molybdenum-alloy material subjected to nitriding according to Claim 1, wherein the internal nitriding treatment is performed with a nitrogen gas, and then the external nitriding treatment is performed with an ammonia gas.
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