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High purity ferritic CrMo stainless steel – Five years' successful fight against corrosion in the process industry
Author(s) -
Knoth Roy J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
materials and corrosion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1521-4176
pISSN - 0947-5117
DOI - 10.1002/maco.19770280604
Subject(s) - corrosion , refinery , caustic (mathematics) , materials science , ductility (earth science) , alloy , metallurgy , forensic engineering , waste management , engineering , creep , physics , mathematical physics
In five years, E‐BRITE 26‐1 ferritic stainless steel has won an important place in the spectrum of materials suitable for use in chemical process equipment. It provides, in stainless steel, performance‐capability characteristics comparable to more expensive alloys. It has demonstrated cost‐effectiveness in equipment used for caustic, nitric‐urea, organic chemicals, pulping liquors, refinery streams, and elsewhere. User confidence in the reliability and integrity of Grade XM 27 has increased to the point where large critical systems are now routinely specified in the alloy. The market acceptance of this material has attracted attempts to produce substitute versions of the alloy. Imitation, should be viewed with caution. Stabilized 26‐IS must be examined over a lengthy period of time to determine if its own corrosion resistance, ductility, fabricability, and reproducibility properties could ever be likened to those of E‐BRITE 26‐1.