cnapters Process Furnaces 173 i T Designation : Type Maximum according | *00F4iNg '© | working ‘rench to AIST AENOR temperature United States! anaards CC) Carbon steel | ‘TU42F 480 Alloy steels | 1.25% Cr-0.5% Mo TU 10 CD 5-05 600 with 2.25% Cr- 1% Mo TU10CD 9.40 635 5% Cr-0.5% Mo TUZ 12 CD 05-05 650 9 %Cr - 1% Mo TUZ 10 CD 08 700 Stainless 18 Cr-8Ni 304 | 26CN 18:10 870 steels 18Cr-8Ni-Th 321 | Z6CNT 18-10 870 18Cr-8Ni_ | 18Cr-8Ni-Cb 347 | Z6CNNb 18:10 870 18 Cr-8 Ni-Mo 316 | Z6CND 17-12 870 Wrought heat | 35 Ni 20 Cr 43 Fe 985 resistant {alloy 800 H) steels T2Ni 15 Cr 8 Fe 1100 (alloy 600) Centrifugally | 25 Cr 20 Ni (HK 40) 1010 cast heat resistant steels 35 Ni25 Cr Nb 1100 * Grade H is generally used! in furnaces as the earbon content contro! allows better mechanical strength at high temperatures, “] Table 5.2 | Most commonly used tube materials and maximum working temperatures. 5.2 Tube Coil Supports Free expansion of tube coil elements is the basic principle of support systems. ‘The materials used must withstand: * flue gases, * oxidation, + corrosion by liquid fuel ash (vanadates, sulfates, etc.) and exhibit good hot mechanical strength (creep and elastic range). In some cases metals with little or no alloys are used, but they are pro- tected from flue gas effects (temperature, oxidation) by a refractory lining. ‘This is true especially of end supports in convection sections.