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Observations of cellular transformation products in nickel-base superalloys

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Transmission electron microscopy has been used to identify the products in cellularly transformed regions of alloys based on the Nimonic 80 A composition. The commercial alloy is shown to undergo a small degree of cellular transformation even after conventional heat treatments, while recrystallization is found to increase the incidence of this reaction type. Low carbon versions of this alloy demonstrate cellular precipitation over a wider range of heat treatments.

It is shown that the cellular reaction may take place in these alloys under a variety of different conditions and with a range of driving forces. Reasons for this unexpected behaviour are offered, as is a suggestion as to why the cellular reaction occurs on a local scale.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Cambridge, UK

    Claire Y. Barlow & Brian Ralph

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Barlow, C.Y., Ralph, B. Observations of cellular transformation products in nickel-base superalloys. J Mater Sci 14, 2500–2508 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00737041

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