Monel Alloy 400 (Monel 400) is a high-performance material known for its excellent corrosion resistance, high strength, and good weldability. This alloy is widely used in various industries, including marine, chemical processing, and aerospace, where it serves in critical components exposed to demanding environments. Its unique properties make it ideal for applications requiring durability, reliability, and high performance.
Product Overview
Monel 400 is a highly corrosion-resistant alloy, particularly suited for harsh environments. It demonstrates excellent resistance to hydrogen fluoride and fluorine media, as well as outstanding resistance to hot concentrated alkaline solutions. This alloy also resists corrosion from neutral solutions, water, seawater, atmosphere, and organic compounds. One of the key characteristics of Monel 400 is its ability to resist stress corrosion cracking, combined with good machinability.
Features
- Exceptional Corrosion Resistance: Especially resistant to hydrogen fluoride, fluorine gas, hot concentrated alkali solutions, seawater, and other corrosive media.
- Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance: Resistant to stress corrosion cracking in a variety of harsh environments.
- Good Mechanical Properties: Excellent machinability and cutting performance.
- High-Temperature Suitability: Suitable for high-temperature environments and highly corrosive media.
Applications
- Power Plants: Used in seamless water transport pipes, steam pipelines, and other equipment.
- Seawater Exchangers & Evaporators: Widely used in seawater cooling systems.
- Chemical Industry: Suitable for equipment in sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid environments.
- Crude Oil Distillation: Used as a corrosion-resistant material in crude oil distillation processes.
- Marine Equipment: Applied in marine equipment such as pump shafts and propellers.
- Nuclear Industry: Used in uranium refining and isotope separation equipment.
Alloy Grade | % | Nickel (Ni) | Copper (Cu) | Iron (Fe) | Carbon (C) | Manganese (Mn) | Silicon (Si) | Sulfur (S) |
Monel400 | Minimum | 63 | 28 | |||||
Maximum | 34 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.024 |