Papers by Keyword: Eutectic Colony

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to investigate the relation between macro shrinkage porosity level and the level of graphite nodularity, gaseous elements and the size of eutectic colonies in compacted graphite iron. Also, the internal shrinkage-pore surfaces were analyzed by SEM and EDS techniques. It was found that samples with higher shrinkage porosity level, contained higher level of graphite nodularity and number of eutectic colonies. Also, samples with higher level of gaseous elements (Hydrogen and Nitrogen) showed higher tendency to shrinkage porosity formation. Austenite dendrites with different morphologies were observed inside the pores, indicating that were formed at different times during solidification, and the surface of the pores were covered with a layer of carbon film indicating that the pores were internal, with no contact to the atmosphere at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: The phases formed in the wide-gap region brazed with Ni-14Cr-10Co-3.5Al-2.5Ta-2.8B filler metal powder in IN738 superalloy were investigated by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The wide-gap brazing process was carried out in a vacuum of 2×10-5 torr at 1503 K. The region brazed with filler metal powders had a microstructure consisting of two kinds of eutectic colonies, one is Ni solid solution-CrB eutectic and the other is Ni solid solution-Ni3B eutectic. EBSD pattern analysis revealed that the CrB phase had orthorhombic structure with lattice parameters of a=0.297, b=0.786 and c=0.293 nm, and the Ni3B phase had orthorhombic structure with lattice parameters of a=0.439, b=0.522 and c=0.662 nm. The cuboidal-shaped phase precipitated in the Ni solid solution was found to be the γ' (Ni3Al) phase, which had cubic structure with lattice parameter of a=0.357 nm.