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Solidification and Evolution of β-NiAl Phase in a Re-Containing Single Crystal Superalloy

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The β-NiAl phase, which may exacerbate the high-temperature mechanical properties of Ni-based superalloy, was observed in a designed Re-containing single crystal superalloy. The solidification mechanism of β-NiAl phase and its evolution after solution treatment as well as long-term aging at 1120 °C were systematically investigated. The β-NiAl phase was confirmed by the analyses of XRD and TEM in as-cast specimen. Combined the analyses of TEM, DSC, phase diagrams and chemical segregation behaviors obtained via EPMA, the solidification path in interdendritic region was determined as L → (β-NiAl + Cr) eutectic, L → β + δ, L + β → γ′, L → γ′. The β-NiAl phase could be diminished by solution treatment and/or long-term aging treatment. After the solution treatment at 1330 °C for 30 min, the β-NiAl phase split into small bulks and the δ phase dissolved, contributing to the formation of the γ + γ′ structure and large blocky δ phase. During the long-term aging at the 1120 °C, the β-NiAl phase transformed into γ and γ′ phase. With aging time prolonging, the Cr-rich phase dissolved, which promoted the precipitation of TCP confirmed as μ phase with three morphologies.

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After solution treatment at high temperature for 30 min, β-NiAl phase dissolved and reprecipitated into small bunks surrounded with filmier γ′phase, and γ + γ′microstructures as well as large δ phase were formed via the chemical diffusion and redistribution at high temperature. After long-term aging at 1120 °C, β-NiAl phase gradually dissolved and transformed to γ′phase and γ phase. Moreover, the precipitation of TCP phase was accelerated with aging time prolonging.

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The financial supports provided by National Key R&D Program of China under Grant No. 2017YFA0700704, National Science and Technology Major Project under Grant No. 2017-VI-0002-0072, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant No. 51671188 and Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences Innovation Academy for Light-duty Gas Turbine, Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No. CXYJJ20-MS-03, for carrying out this work are gratefully acknowledged. Thanks for the help of Z.C. Zhu (Institute of Metal Research) with the experiments and writing.

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  1. Innovation Academy for Light-Duty Gas Turbine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100089, China

    X. G. Wang

  2. Shi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Y. M. Li, X. G. Wang, Z. H. Tan, Y. H. Yang, J. L. Liu, J. D. Liu, J. G. Li, Y. Z. Zhou & X. F. Sun

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Y. M. Li

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Li, Y.M., Wang, X.G., Tan, Z.H. et al. Solidification and Evolution of β-NiAl Phase in a Re-Containing Single Crystal Superalloy. Met. Mater. Int. 28, 2305–2317 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-021-01136-x

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