VDM® Alloy 59 (2.4605/N06059)
VDM® Alloy 59 is a nickel-chromium-molybdenum alloy developed by VDM Metals, which has particularly low concentrations of carbon and silica and is characterized by excellent corrosion resistance as well as high strength.
Characteristics of VDM® Alloy 59
VDM® Alloy 59 (2.4605/N06059) is characterized by:
- excellent resistance against a multitude of corrosive media under oxidizing and reducing conditions,
- outstanding resistance against chloride-induced pitting and crevice corrosion, as well as resistance against stress corrosion cracking,
- excellent resistance in mineral acids such as nitric, phosphoric, sulfuric and salt acids, but especially against sulfur/salt acid mixtures
Applications of VDM® Alloy 59
VDM® Alloy 59 is suitable for a wide spectrum of applications in chemistry, petro chemistry, energy and environmental engineering. Typical applications are:
- Plant components for organic chemistry processes with media containing chloride, especially where catalytic systems on chloride basis are used.
- Multi-purpose plants in the chemicals industry
- Plant parts in active substance preparation and the pharmaceuticals industry
- Scrubber, heat exchangers, flaps, ventilators and agitators for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) in fossil fuel power plants and waste combustion plants
- SO2-washers for ship diesel engines
- Components for seawater and concentrated brines
- Equipment and components for geothermal energy and acid gas applications
- Reactors for acetic acids and acetic anhydrides
- Reactors for hydrofluoric acid
- Sulfuric acid coolers
- tubes in geothermal power plants
- components for flue gas desulfurization
Available product forms
You will find a detailed list about available product forms and sizes of VDM® Alloy 59 (2.4605/N06059) in our data sheet.
Additional information and links
NACE Paper C2018-11600: Material selection and recent case histories with nickel alloys by Helena Alves - Copyright by AMPP
NACE Paper C2010-10262: Corrosion resistance of nickel alloys and super austenitic stainless steel weld cladding as a function of dilution by Dirk Aberle et al. - Copyright by AMPP
NACE Paper C2001-01482: Why should one consider Alloy 59 (UNS N06059) filler metal in marine applications? by M. Eckhardt et al. - Copyright by AMPP
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