Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy

To obtain higher comprehensive mechanical properties while avoid the adverse effects of Re element on the microstructure and economy of the alloy, a Re-free nickel-based single crystal superalloy is developed based on the Rene N5 single crystal superalloy. The microstructure evolution, compression p...

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Autores principales: Zhao Shang, Xianping Wei, Dazhuo Song, Juntao Zou, Shuhua Liang, Gang Liu, Liping Nie, Xiufang Gong
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020-09-01
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author Zhao Shang
Xianping Wei
Dazhuo Song
Juntao Zou
Shuhua Liang
Gang Liu
Liping Nie
Xiufang Gong
author_facet Zhao Shang
Xianping Wei
Dazhuo Song
Juntao Zou
Shuhua Liang
Gang Liu
Liping Nie
Xiufang Gong
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description To obtain higher comprehensive mechanical properties while avoid the adverse effects of Re element on the microstructure and economy of the alloy, a Re-free nickel-based single crystal superalloy is developed based on the Rene N5 single crystal superalloy. The microstructure evolution, compression properties, tensile properties, deformation mechanism and fracture behaviour of the self-designed alloy are investigated. The experimental results show that after the complete heat treatment, cuboidal γ′ precipitates with high degree of regular morphology are formed. The size of γ′ precipitates is about 0.49 μm, and the volume fraction is approximately 61%, which are better than those for a conventional second generation single crystal superalloy. The alloy reaches its maximum compressive and tensile strength at 760 °C and shows excellent microstructure thermal stability and improved mechanical properties. The alloy has an obvious strain hardening stage when the temperature is lower than 760 °C, while the softening stage is not obvious. When the temperature reaches 850 °C, the stress–strain curve of the sample mainly shows that the variable stress increases abruptly at the beginning and then decreases immediately. The tensile fracture of a single crystal at medium and low temperature is characterized by a slip fracture with a certain plastic deformation. A high temperature tensile fracture is characterized by typical plastic deformation, and its mechanism is a creep fracture with a uniform deformation.
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spelling doaj.art-6ee1a09f19e348b199e29b8be93cc33c2022-12-21T22:46:26ZengElsevierJournal of Materials Research and Technology2238-78542020-09-01951164111649Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloyZhao Shang0Xianping Wei1Dazhuo Song2Juntao Zou3Shuhua Liang4Gang Liu5Liping Nie6Xiufang Gong7State Key Laboratory of Long-life High Temperature Materials, Dong Fang Turbine Co., Ltd., Deyang 618000, PR China; School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, PR ChinaState Key Laboratory of Long-life High Temperature Materials, Dong Fang Turbine Co., Ltd., Deyang 618000, PR China; Corresponding authors.School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, PR ChinaSchool of Material Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, PR China; Corresponding authors.School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, PR ChinaSchool of Material Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, PR ChinaState Key Laboratory of Long-life High Temperature Materials, Dong Fang Turbine Co., Ltd., Deyang 618000, PR ChinaState Key Laboratory of Long-life High Temperature Materials, Dong Fang Turbine Co., Ltd., Deyang 618000, PR China; Corresponding authors.To obtain higher comprehensive mechanical properties while avoid the adverse effects of Re element on the microstructure and economy of the alloy, a Re-free nickel-based single crystal superalloy is developed based on the Rene N5 single crystal superalloy. The microstructure evolution, compression properties, tensile properties, deformation mechanism and fracture behaviour of the self-designed alloy are investigated. The experimental results show that after the complete heat treatment, cuboidal γ′ precipitates with high degree of regular morphology are formed. The size of γ′ precipitates is about 0.49 μm, and the volume fraction is approximately 61%, which are better than those for a conventional second generation single crystal superalloy. The alloy reaches its maximum compressive and tensile strength at 760 °C and shows excellent microstructure thermal stability and improved mechanical properties. The alloy has an obvious strain hardening stage when the temperature is lower than 760 °C, while the softening stage is not obvious. When the temperature reaches 850 °C, the stress–strain curve of the sample mainly shows that the variable stress increases abruptly at the beginning and then decreases immediately. The tensile fracture of a single crystal at medium and low temperature is characterized by a slip fracture with a certain plastic deformation. A high temperature tensile fracture is characterized by typical plastic deformation, and its mechanism is a creep fracture with a uniform deformation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785420316392Single crystal superalloyMicrostructure evolutionMechanical propertiesFracture behaviour
spellingShingle Zhao Shang
Xianping Wei
Dazhuo Song
Juntao Zou
Shuhua Liang
Gang Liu
Liping Nie
Xiufang Gong
Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Single crystal superalloy
Microstructure evolution
Mechanical properties
Fracture behaviour
title Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy
title_full Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy
title_fullStr Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy
title_full_unstemmed Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy
title_short Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel-based single crystal superalloy
title_sort microstructure and mechanical properties of a new nickel based single crystal superalloy
topic Single crystal superalloy
Microstructure evolution
Mechanical properties
Fracture behaviour
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785420316392
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