Strengthening Effect of W Element in New Nickel-based Powder Metallurgy Superalloys
JIA Jian1,2, LUO Junpeng3, ZHANG Haopeng1,2, YAN Ting1,2, HOU Qiong1,2, ZHANG Yiwen1,2,*
1 High Temperature Material Research Institute, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing 100081, China 2 Gaona Aero Material Co.,Ltd., Beijing 100081, China 3 Aecc South Industry Company Limited, Zhuzhou 412002, Hunan, China
Abstract: Three experimental high-strength Ni-based PM superalloy ingots with different W contents (4.1wt%, 6.1wt%, and 8.1wt%) were prepared by the process of vacuum induction melting (VIM) + electrode induction melting gas atomization (EIGA) + hot isostatic pressing (HIP) + heat treatment (HT). Combined with the software JMatPro 6.5 and SEM, EBSD, and XRD, the effects of W content on the grain size, annealing twin boundaries, the γ′ phase and the lattice mismatch were analyzed, and the effect of W content on the tensile properties at different temperatures were also calculated and studied. The results indicated that the stacking fault energy of the γ matrix decreased significantly with the increase of W content, resulting in the increase of Σ3 annealing twin boundaries;W transformed the shape of primary γ′ from cuboid to solid state dendrite, but had little impact on the total amount of γ′ phase and secondary and tertiary γ′ phases; the degree of lattice distortion caused by W entering γ phase is greater than that of γ′ phase, resulting in a decrease of the γ′/γ lattice mismatch; W contributed to improving the tensile strength at room temperature and 650—800 ℃, but slightly reduced the ductility. W had better strength above 750 ℃, and it was widely added in the fourth generation PM superalloys. W mainly played the role of solid solution strengthening, γ/γ′ coherent strain strengthening, and grain boundary strengthening. Among them, the contribution of solid solution strengthening was relatively low and W mainly strengthened the γ matrix. The effect of γ matrix solution strengthening and γ/γ′ coherent strain strengthening decreased with the increase of W content, and the grain boundary strengthening effect was the largest when W content was 6.1%. The total contribution of solid solution strengthening, γ/γ′ coherent strain strengthening and grain boundary strengthening was less than 50% of the measured yield strength at room temperature, which indicated that the alloy was mainly strengthened by the γ′ phase.
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