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1.4765 | X8CrAl25-5 AlN precipitations

Numeric designation1.4765 | UNS S44600 | AISI 446
Chemical designation1.4765 | X8CrAl25-5 AlN
StateAlN precipitations
Etchingunetched

The micrographs show the “heat conductor alloy” after several months of use at approx. 1050 °C. Locally, there was drastic nitrogenisation with the formation of unusually coarse aluminium nitrides.

The SEM images show a cleavage fracture surface of the coarse-grained microstructure with the nitrides.