Alloy e tetee i le pala
O elemene faʻafefiloi autu o le kopa, chromium ma le molybdenum. O lo'o i ai mea lelei atoatoa ma e tete'e i fa'ama'i ga'o eseese ma fa'alavelave fa'alavelave. O le uluai talosaga (na gaosia i le Iunaite Setete i le 1905) o le nickel-copper (Ni-Cu) alloy, lea e lauiloa foi o Monel alloy (Monel alloy Ni 70 Cu30); e le gata i lea, o le nickel-chromium (Ni-Cr) alloy (o lona uiga, nickel-based heat-resistant alloys), uʻamea faʻafefete faʻafefe vevela i mea faʻafefe-faʻafefeteina, nickel-molybdenum (Ni-Mo) alloys (tele. e faasino i le Hastelloy B series), nickel-chromium-molybdenum (Ni-Cr-Mo) alloys (e masani ona faasino i Hastelloy C series), ma isi.
I le taimi lava e tasi, o le nickel mama o se sui masani o nickel-based corrosion-resistant alloys. O nei nickel-based corrosion alloys e masani ona faʻaaogaina i le gaosiga o vaega mo le tele o siosiomaga faʻafefe e pei ole suauʻu, vailaʻau, ma le eletise.
O u'amea fa'amea e fa'atatau i nikeli e tele lava ina iai le fausaga austenite. I le tulaga o le vaifofo mautu ma togafitiga tuai, o loʻo i ai foʻi vaega intermetallic ma carbonitrides uʻamea i luga o le austenite matrix ma le saito tuaoi o le uʻamea. E fa'avasegaina fa'amea fa'asa'o eseese e tusa ai ma o latou vaega ma o latou uiga e fa'apea:
O le faʻamaʻiina o le faʻamaʻi o le Ni-Cu alloy e sili atu nai lo le nickel i le faʻaitiitia o le ala, ma o lona faʻafefeteina e sili atu nai lo le kopa i le oxidizing medium. Le mea e sili ona lelei mo ga'o (silasila i le Metal Corrosion).
O le u'amea Ni-Cr o se fa'amea vevela fa'avae nickel; e masani ona faʻaaogaina i tulaga faʻamaʻi oxidizing. E teteʻe i le maualuga o le vevela oxidation ma le pala o kasa o loʻo i ai le sulfur ma le vanadium, ma o lona faʻafefeteina faʻateleina faʻateleina i le faʻateleina o le chromium. O nei alamea e iai foʻi le teteʻe lelei i le hydroxide (e pei o le NaOH, KOH) faʻamaʻi ma faʻalavelave faʻafefe.
Ni-Mo alloys e masani ona faʻaaogaina i lalo o tulaga o le faʻaitiitia o le pala. O se tasi lea o mea sili ona lelei mo le faʻafefeteina i le hydrochloric acid, ae i le i ai o le okesene ma mea faʻamaʻi, e faʻaitiitia ai le faʻaleagaina.
O le u'amea Ni-Cr-Mo(W) o lo'o i ai meatotino o le fa'aigoa Ni-Cr ua ta'ua i luga ma le u'amea Ni-Mo. Fa'aaoga masani i lalo o le tulaga o le oxidation-fa'aitiitia ala fefiloi. O ia uʻamea e lelei le faʻafefeteina i le maualuga o le vevela o le hydrogen fluoride, i le hydrochloric acid ma vaifofo o le hydrofluoric o loʻo i ai le okesene ma mea faʻamaʻi, ma le kasa chlorine susu i le vevela o le potu. Ni-Cr-Mo-Cu u'amea e iai le malosi e tete'e uma ai le nitric acid ma le sulfuric acid corrosion, ma e iai fo'i le lelei o le fa'afefe i nisi o vaila'au fa'afefiloi fa'ama'i fa'ama'i.