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Co-Re alloy development is prompted by the search for new materials for future gas turbines which can be used at temperatures considerably higher than the current day single crystal Ni-based superalloys. The Co-Re-based alloys have been designed to have very high melting range, and they are meant for application at +373 K (+100 °C) above Ni-superalloys. They are significantly different from the conventional Co-based alloys that are used in static components of today’s gas turbines, and the Co-Re alloys have never been used for structural applications before. The Co-Re-Cr system has complex microstructure with many different phases present. Phase transformations and stabilities of fine strengthening precipitates at high temperatures remain mostly unexplored in the Co-Re alloys, and to develop basic understanding, model ternary and quaternary compositions were studied within the alloy development program. In situ neutron and synchrotron measurements at high temperatures were extensively used for this purpose, and some recent results from the in situ measurements are presented. In particular, the effect of boron doping in Co-Re alloys and the stabilities of the fine TaC precipitates at high temperatures were investigated. A fine dispersion of TaC precipitates strengthens some Co-Re alloys, and their stabilities at the application temperatures are critical. In the beginning, the alloy development strategy is very briefly discussed.
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The authors would like to thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) for providing the financial support of this research in the frame of the DFG Forschergruppe program (FOR 727): “Beyond Ni-base Superalloys.” The authors also gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht for the synchrotron beam time at DESY, the Forschungs Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) for the neutron beam time, as well as the Budapest Neutron Centre for the beam time at PGAA. The authors also acknowledge the contributions of OMI Optika Ltd. and Radosys Ltd. to the B mapping experiments by providing the track detectors. Two of the co-authors (PS, PB) acknowledge the support received through AVČR-DAAD PPP project No. CZ13-DE06/2012-13.
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Mukherji, D., Rösler, J., Wehrs, J. et al. Application of In Situ Neutron and X-Ray Measurements at High Temperatures in the Development of Co-Re-Based Alloys for Gas Turbines. Metall Mater Trans A 44, 22–30 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-012-1363-6
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