1. Alloy 20 Round Bars Corrosion Resistance:

• Excellent resistance to general corrosion, pitting, and crevice corrosion in chemicals containing chlorides and sulfuric, phosphoric, and nitric acids.
• Nickel content aids in chloride ion stress and corrosion resistance.
• Additions of Copper and Molybdenum provide resistance to hostile environments, pitting, and crevice corrosion.
• Chromium adds to its resistance of oxidizing environments such as nitric acids.
• Columbium reduces the effects of carbide precipitation.

2.Alloy 20 Round Bars Weldability:

• All commonly used welding methods, with the exception of oxyacetylene, can be successfully used.
• The presence of Columbium tends to minimize the precipitation of carbides in the heat-affected zone, so the material may be used in the as-welded condition in most cases.
• Pre-heating is not required.

3. Alloy 20 Round Bars Heat Treament:

• Cannot be hardened by heat treatment.
• Stabilized-annealing is done at 1750-1850°F, followed by water quenching.
• Stress relieving can be performed on annealed material up to 950°F.

4. Alloy 20 Round Bars Processing – Hot Forming:

• Heat uniformly to a starting temperature of 2100-2225°F. Finish forging before the stock drops below 1800°F.
• In order to stabilize the material after hot working operations, reheat at 1750-1850°F for a minimum of 1/2-hour per one inch of thickness and water quench.

5. Alloy 20 Round Bars Processing – Cold Forming:

• Alloy 20 has good cold formability. Bending, drawing and pressing, and other forming operations that occur in the production of fabricated items are readily performed.
• Alloy 20 can normally be press brake bent over a radius twice the materials thickness.
• After cold reductions of more than 15%, a final stabilizing annealing is often required.