Nimonic 86 alloy offers a material with excellent machinability, ductility and weldability, high creep strength and particularly outstanding cyclic oxidation stability at 1050°C. This alloy belongs to the solid solution type and is mainly used in high-temperature applications such as gas turbine combustion chambers, afterburner components and heat treatment furnace equipment.
Nimonic 86 alloy is mainly available in sheet form. Bars and billets for forging, bars and rods for machining, extruded profiles or bars, plates and thin plates, and filler wires can also be provided.
The density of this alloy is ρ = 8.54 g/cm³.