NICKEL ALLOY

Nickel Alloy is a broad categorization that includes steel alloys with a carbon content from below 0.015% to over 0.5%. The lower carbon content steels, or ultra-low-Nickel Alloys, cannot be heat treated – while ultra-high-Nickel Alloys cannot be toughened through tempering methods. This is because apparently minor variations in carbon content can have dramatic implications on the mechanical properties of a steel alloy, resulting in widely varying brittleness and malleability properties. However, they are unified by exceptional hardness values, which makes Nickel Alloys suitable for application in structural, vehicular, and domestic applications.