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Study on the influence of rhenium and grain boundaries on the surface quality of Ni-based superalloys

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The rhenium element and grain boundaries have an essential effect on the dislocation slip generated during the grinding process of Ni-based superalloys. To study the impact of rhenium and grain boundaries on the grinding surface quality of Ni-based superalloys, the experiments were conducted with Ni-based polycrystalline superalloy GH4169 and Ni-based single-crystal superalloy DD5 (containing rhenium element) and DD98 (without rhenium element) as the research objects. The experiments with flat groove grinding as a machining method were conducted to explore the changes in surface roughness, grinding force, and surface morphology of the three Ni-based superalloys under different grinding parameters. The experiments show that the rhenium element significantly improves the high-temperature durability of Ni-based superalloys. In the relatively low-temperature condition (low grinding speed, considerable grinding depth, and high feed rate), the machining quality of DD5 is better than that of DD98, while in the relatively high-temperature condition, the machining quality of DD5 is lower than that of DD98. In the range of grinding parameters, the distortion of the subsurface microstructure of DD5 is lower than that of DD98. However, there is little difference between the two superalloys in chip morphology and serration. In high-temperature environments, grain boundaries become the weak link in Ni-based superalloys. The surface quality of GH4169 with grain boundaries is better than DD5, and its chip morphology differs significantly from DD5.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. U1908230&51775100), the Science and Technology Research Project of the Educational Department of Liaoning Province (No. LJKZ0384&L2017LQN024), the Talent Scientific Research Fund of LNPU (No. 2021XJJL-007).

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Ming Cai: writing — original draft, software, investigation, visualization, funding. Tao Zhu: writing — original draft, conceptualization, visualization. Yadong Gong: supervision, investigation, methodology. Xingjun Gao: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis. Qiang Gong: data curation, formal analysis. Ning Yu: data curation, formal analysis.

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Cai, M., Zhu, T., Gong, Y. et al. Study on the influence of rhenium and grain boundaries on the surface quality of Ni-based superalloys. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 125, 2363–2378 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-10915-2

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