Inconel 718 is a nickel-chromium-molybdenum alloy designed to resist a wide range of severely corrosive environments, pitting and crevice corrosion. This nickel steel alloy also displays exceptionally high yield, tensile, and creep-rupture properties at high temperatures. This nickel alloy is used from cryogenic temperatures up to long term service at 1200° F. One of the distinguishing features of Inconel 718’s composition is the addition of niobium to permit age hardening which allows annealing and welding without spontaneous hardening during heating and cooling.
What are the characteristics of Inconel 718?
Age-hardenable with a unique property of slow aging response that permits heating and cooling during annealing without the danger of cracking.
Excellent welding characteristics, resistant to postweld age cracking