Morphological evolution of γ precipitates in a nickel-based superalloy during various solution treatments.pdfVIP

RARE ME TALS Vol. 31, No. 3, J u n. 2012, p. 22 1 DOI : 10. 1007/s12598 012 0495 6 Mor ph ological evolution of γpr ecipitates in a nickel b ased super alloy du r ing var ious solution tr eatm ent s ZHOU Yu, ZHANG Zheng, ZHAO Zihua, and ZHONG Qunpeng Key Laboratory of Aer ospa ce Mater ia ls and Performance (Minist ry of Education) , School of Mater ials Science and Engineering, Beij ing U niver sity of Aer onautic s and Astr onautics, Beij ing 100 19 1, China Rece ived 19 Dec ember 20 11; rece ived in r evised form 17 January 20 12 ; accepted 11 February 20 12 ©The Nonferr ou s Metals Society of China and Springer Verlag Berlin H eide lberg 2012 Abstra ct The morphological evolution of the γphase in nickel b ased superalloy жc6y during various solution heat treatment s was investigated. The significant changes of the γprecipitates were observed in the solution treated samples. The coarsening and dissolution of γphase simulta ne ously occurred at intermediate temperatures. In some areas, the primary precipitates b ecame blunt and the adjacent ones were intercon ne cted with each other via a diffuse neck, indicating a coarsening process of the primary γp opulation . The coarsening was dominated by the precipitate agglomeration mechanism (PAM) rather than by the well known Ostwald ripening mechanism. In other areas, the partial dissolu tion of the γprecipitates be gan to occur, spreading gradually from dendrite cores to interdendritic regions. In addition , a flower like γstruc ture was developed during the sub solvu s solution treatments. The observable long filament s composed of erraticly shaped precipitates were caused by the heterogeneou s nucleation of the cooling precipitates during water quenching . Keywords: nickel b ased superalloy; solution heat treatment ; γpre cipitates; γdissolution 1 In tr oduction demonstrated the p