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Effect of Carbon Content and Other Variables on Yield Strength, Ductility and Creep Properties of Alloy 625 Ulrich Heubner, Michael Kohler IQJJPPVDM Plettenberger Strasse2 D-58791 Werdohl, Germany Abstract Strength and ductility have been evaluated on various alloy 625 compositions, including carbon contents between 0.009 and 0.045 wt. % and iron contents between 1.1 and 4.2 wt. %. Grain size was between ASTM No 3 and 7. Aging treatments at 600, 700 and 800°C up to 1000 hrs duration cause an increase of yield strength, being accelerated when aging is carried out at 700°C but with highest tensile elongation after aging at 600°C. Accordingly accompanying loss of IS0 V-notch impact strength is least pronounced after aging at 600°C but more severe when the iron content is at 4.2 wt. % compared to lower iron alloyed material. The influence of carbon content on creep strength is the more pronounced the higher the temperature. If 10,000 and 30,000 hrs creep-rupture stress is considered, the influence of carbon is small at 650°C and more distinct at 850°C. In changing ASTM grain size No from 6 to 3 the 30,000 hrs creep-rupture stress is increasing by about 4 % at 650°C and by about 43 % at 850°C. If creep stress for 1 % strain at 750 and 850°C is considered, the influence of carbon is very strong at carbon contents up to about 0,025 wt. %, improving 30,000 hrs creep st