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The effect of temperature cycling on the creep behaviour of Nickel 201 and Inconel 600 in combustion gas has been studied. Specimens were tested both at constant temperature, 900° C, and at 900° C interrupted by temperarature drops down to ∼510° C. The creep straining has been analysed with respect to a weighted time parameter which includes the creep contribution during the lower temperatures of each cycle. With respect to this compensated time parameter, the temperature variations were generally observed to result in a strong acceleration in creep. The effect seemed to increase with increasing frequency of temperature drops, increasing grain size and decreasing stress. Thus, at low stress levels, large-grained specimens of both alloys experienced an acceleration even inabsolute creep rate upon cycling. The grain size dependency indicates that the destructive effect of the cycles is caused by crack formation. Surface cracking associated with grain boundary oxidation seemed to be the dominant cracking mode. It is suggested that, during creep in oxidizing environments, repeated periods of cooling might strongly accelerate the growth of surface creep cracks due to the difference in thermal expansion between metals and oxides. This difference causes high tensile stresses to arise in the metal in front of the grain boundary oxides, and the stresses are assumed to be high enough to nucleate microcracks along the boundary.
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Solberg, J.K., Thon, H. The influence of temperature cycling on the creep properties of Nickel 201 and Inconel 600 in combustion gas. J Mater Sci 19, 3908–3924 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00980754
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