disc and seat material for globe valve
Every body can tell me if globe valve disc and seat are 13% chrome steel. It can be stellite or it doesn't need stellite .the service of valve for sweet gas.
Various issues being thrown about here, some needlessly so.  There are generally four primary reasons to use a stellited trim. 
1) Fluid stream solids
2) Gallable materials
3) Process fluid 
4) Excessive pressure drops across the trim
Fluid
 stream solids are an easy one, particulate matter in the fluid stream 
can damage trim surfaces, but thay also damage body surfaces too.  Both 
should be a concern even though the trim would be primary.
Gallable
 materials like 316 stainless steel can gall under high seat loads, 
stelliting one or both surfaces can make this go away or at least reduce
 it significantly.
Fluid stream material is a significant 
issue.  It was suggest that the process fluid has little impact, 
totally  untrue.  All other things being equal, a valve controlling 
nitrogen has a significanly better chance of survival that one 
contolling 300 deg F water.  Some materials are just naturally more 
abrasive.
And finally yes large pressure drops can create several
 different forms of cavitation type damage.  This is a very real issue 
and in some cases if the pressure drop is high enough using an abrasive 
fluid, stellite will not survive either.
After all of these 
issues are considered and with full application data, you can typically 
make a decent decision on the trim material.   I could help further if 
you need me too, I'd need more app data to provide a suggestion though.
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