Applications of Metals and alloys in various industries

With the advancement of technologies, the modern industries like aerospace, aviation, oil & gas, nuclear power, electronic and electric, heat treating, medical and high tech industries are interested in using economical and high performance materials. This leads to use of materials in the more vigorous industrial conditions at the high temperatures where traditional materials can hardly be employed. Nowadays manufacturers and nickel suppliers are more focused in meeting the tough needs of demanding industries with the well fabricated materials that can withstand in the high temperature and severely corrosive conditions for the prolong period such as Monel, Inconel, Incoloy and Hastelloy alloys. In the chemical processing plants, alloys that are preferred for use are nickel - chromium alloys, nickel - copper alloys, copper – nickel alloys, iron- nickel – chromium alloys, austenitic chromium – nickel steels and stainless steels. These materials can be suitably used in handling the alkali products such as caustic soda, caustic potash and others. Deep oil and well plants include high temperature and pressure conditions where nickel based superalloys such as Inconel 625, Incoloy 825 and Hastelloy alloys. The pure metals and alloys for Aerospace engineering are titanium, Inconel 617, Inconel 718, Inconel X750, Nimonic 90, Nilo 36 and Incoloy A286. Inconel and Incoloy alloys are commonly used in gas turbines in aircraft engines. The nuclear power production industries commonly use the alloys- nimonic 75, nimonic 80A, alloy 718, alloy 600, alloy 617 and alloy X750. Nickel alloys are also significantly used in other high temperature and critical application industries such as welding, pollution and waste treatment, thermal processing, petro processing and electric and telecom.