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Microstructure stability of γ′ + β Ni–Al coated single-crystal superalloy N5 annealed at 1100 °C

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γ′ + β Binary-phase Ni–Al coatings were prepared on second-generation single-crystal superalloy René N5 (N5) substrates by electron beam physical vapor deposition. Inter-diffusion behavior between coatings and substrates at 1100 °C and its effects on microstructure stability of the substrates were investigated. A 3-μm-thick substrate diffusion zone (SDZ) layer forms beneath the coating/substrate interface after 5-h heat treatment. The SDZ layer is composed of γ′-Ni3Al phases and needle-like precipitates growing along (100) \(\left\langle {110} \right\rangle\) or (100) \(\left\langle { 1 {\bar{\text{1}}\text{0}}} \right\rangle\) direction. After 100-h annealing, the thickness of the SDZ layer increases to ~17 μm, much lower than that of the single β-NiAl-coated substrate, while keeping single-crystal microstructure.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51590894, 51425102 and 51231001).

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  1. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Jing-Yong Sun & Qiu-Shi Li

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Liang-Liang Wei, Sheng-Kai Gong & Hong-Bo Guo

  3. Key Laboratory of High-Temperature Structural Materials and Coatings Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing, 100191, China

    Liang-Liang Wei, Sheng-Kai Gong & Hong-Bo Guo

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Sun, JY., Wei, LL., Li, QS. et al. Microstructure stability of γ′ + β Ni–Al coated single-crystal superalloy N5 annealed at 1100 °C. Rare Met. 40, 693–700 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-017-0954-1

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