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A study of the weldability and weld related microstructure of cabot alloy 214

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The weldability and weld metal microstructure of Cabot Alloy 214 have been investigated with a variety of experimental and analytical techniques. These include Varestraint hot crack testing, hot ductility testing, pulsed Nd:YAG laser welding, scanning and analytical electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis, and X-ray diffraction. A heat of Alloy 214 containing intentionally alloyed B (0.003 wt pct) and Zr (0.07 wt pct) was much more sensitive to both fusion zone hot cracking as quantified by the Varestraint test and to simulated heat-affected-zone (HAZ) cracking as quantified by hot ductility testing than a heat of Alloy 214 containing no intentionally added B (0.0002 wt pct) or Zr (0.02 wt pct). Scanning electron microscopy of the high B and Zr alloy showed the presence of dendritically-shaped, Zr-rich constituents in interdendritic regions in the gas-tungsten-arc (GTA) welds. Electron microprobe analysis of these welds revealed a segregation pattern of Cr, Al, Mn, and Zr enrichment in interdendritic regions and Ni and Fe enrichment in dendrite core regions. Analytical electron microscopy revealed the presence of ZrX (X = B, C, N, O), M23C6, andγ′ in the fusion zone of GTA weld specimens,γ′ was also found in the as-received base metal and in the GTA weld HAZ. X-ray diffraction analysis of extractions from the high B and Zr GTA weld metal also indicated the presence of a ZrX-type constituent. The results of this study are in qualitative agreement with earlier work performed on alloys such as NIMONIC 90 and INCONEL 718∗ relative to the detrimental effect of B and Zr additions on fusion zone and HAZ hot cracking susceptibility.

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Cieslak, M.J., Stephens, J.J. & Carr, M.J. A study of the weldability and weld related microstructure of cabot alloy 214. Metall Trans A 19, 657–667 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02649280

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