The
alloy contains, by weight, less than 0.05% of carbon, from 0.015% to 0.5% of
silicon, from 0.4% to 1.4% of
manganese, from 28% to 31.5% of
chromium, from 8% to 12% of iron, from 2% to 7% of
molybdenum, from 0% to 0.75% of
aluminium, from 0% to 0.8% of
titanium, from 0.6% to 2% in total of
niobium and
tantalum, the ratio of percentages of
niobium plus
tantalum and of
silicon being at least 4, less than 0.04% of
nitrogen, from 0.0008% to 0.0120% of
zirconium, from 0.0010% to 0.0100% of
boron, less than 0.01% of sulphur, less than 0.020% of
phosphorus, less than 0.30% of
copper, less than 0.15% of
cobalt and less than 0.10% of
tungsten, the remainder of the
alloy, with the exception of unavoidable impurities of which the total content is at most 0.5%, consisting of
nickel. The
alloy is used, in particular, for the production of wires for the electro-gas
welding of units or components of nuclear reactors and, more particularly, of pressurised water-cooled nuclear reactors.