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Characterization of Microstructure and Texture across N155 Superalloy Weldment Joint with Austenitic Filler Metal

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Thin sheets of N155 superalloy were welded by AMS 5832 filler metal using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The purpose of this study is to investigate the characterization of microstructure and texture across the weldment using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. The results indicated that N155 superalloy with the crystal lattice (FCC) experienced annealing process before the welding, which made a lot of coherent twins be created in the base metal due to low stacking fault energy (SFE). Moreover, the coherent twins were created mainly in the heat-affected zone by the presence of cumulative stresses of the molten pool solidification shrinkage. Having the same crystal lattice (FCC), the base metal and the weld metal resulted in the formation of epitaxial grains with the preferred growth direction in the weld metal.

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    Morteza Shamanian & Amirkeyvan Rahimi

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    Jerzy A. Szpunar

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Shamanian, M., Rahimi, A. & Szpunar, J.A. Characterization of Microstructure and Texture across N155 Superalloy Weldment Joint with Austenitic Filler Metal. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 1964–1973 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04707-y

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