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Passivation of Inconel Materials

Q. I have a question about passivating type 625 Inconel. I have a print callout to passivate 625 Inconel. AMSQQP35 [canceled] does not address Inconel materials. It's purpose statement and tables recommending solution type only calls out stainless steels. Are there any detrimental effects that can result from passivating these parts?

Kevin Evers
- New Port Richey, Florida
2002

A. Kevin:

I do not have any personal experience with using nitric acid with Inconel. We cannot verify that with data on nitric, but we have had success with proprietary formulations of citric acid.

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Lee Kremer
Stellar Solutions, Inc.

McHenry, Illinois

2002

A. Kevin, when we have a make-to-print job telling us to passivate any of the Inconel alloys, and it's too much trouble to tell the customer it's a worthless operation, we just do it in Type 6 solution. Doesn't hurt, doesn't help, satisfies the print. Good luck!

Lee Gearhart
metallurgist - E. Aurora, New York
2002

Will Macropoxy harm Inconel?

August 21, 2015

Economizer

Q. We are building an economizer using Inconel 800. My painter did not cover the tubes before painting with macropoxy. Will this hurt the tubes in any way? I have tried to get if off short of blasting it.

Thank you,

Linda Shields
- Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

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