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Investigation on In Situ Tensile Behavior of Superalloy Bicrystals with Different GB Misorientations

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The in situ tensile behavior of nickel-base superalloy bicrystals with different grain boundary (GB) misorientations of 2 deg, 10 deg, and 16 deg was preliminarily studied. Among three kinds of bicrystals, the bicrystal with 2 deg misorientation was characterized with continuous slow strain hardening as well as crack initiation and propagation along the SB-matrix interface due to the full development of slip bands (SBs). In contrast, GBs in 10 deg and 16 deg bicrystals could effectively impede the SBs. Thus, the crack initiation occurred along the carbide/matrix interface, and more specifically cracks in 16 deg bicrystal fully propagated along the GB. Irregular GB in superalloy bicrystals consists of three types of GB segments. Among them, parallel GB is distinctly beneficial to GB strengthening and improving the yield strength of bicrystal. The statistical results showed that the proportion of parallel GB in the 10 deg bicrystal is the highest. Meanwhile, the GB in 10 deg bicrystal possesses higher resistance to crack extending, which can be attributed to its highest carbide fraction at the GB. Thus, its fracture exhibited a mixed mode of both GB and SB cracking.

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The authors are grateful to Prof. Z.G. Wang and Prof. S.X. Li for their good suggestions and advices. Thanks are also due to H.H. Su, W. Gao, B.M. Zhou, and X.Y. Li. This work is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2010CB631206 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant Nos. 51001104, 50931004, and U1037601.

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  1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China

    H. Xu (Ph.D. Student), P. Li (Associate Professor) & Z. F. Zhang (Professor)

  2. Superalloy Division, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China

    Y. Z. Zhou (Professor), J. G. Li (Professor), T. Jin (Professor) & X. F. Sun (Professor)

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Xu, H., Li, P., Zhou, Y.Z. et al. Investigation on In Situ Tensile Behavior of Superalloy Bicrystals with Different GB Misorientations. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 3876–3881 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2312-3

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