Nickel and Its Alloys

Nickel alloys are used in a multiplicity of consumer applications, such as household appliances, electronics, and automotive components. The excellent ductility and malleability of nickel and nickel-based alloys in the annealed condition make them adaptable to virtually all methods of cold fabrication. High-nickel alloys are subject to surface oxidation unless heating is performed in a protective atmosphere or under vacuum. A protective atmosphere can be provided either by controlling the ratio of fuel and air to minimize oxidation or by surrounding the metal being heated with a prepared atmosphere. The most common protective atmosphere used in heating the nickel alloys is that provided by controlling the ratio between the fuel and air supplied to the burners. Nickel alloys are characterized by good weldability by a variety of common joining processes. Thin sheet is generally joined without filler metal (autogenous) using gas-tungsten arc welding (GTAW) or plasma arc welding (PAW) processes. Keywords: cold fabrication; gas-tungsten arc welding (GTAW); nickel-based alloys; plasma arc welding (PAW); surface oxidation

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