Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Observations of Phase-Separations of Gamma-Prime Precipitates in Ni-Al-Fe and Ni-Si-Fe Ternary Alloys

Abstract:

In Ni-13.0at%Si-3.1at%Fe alloy, when γ/γ’ two-phase microstructure formed at 1123 K is isothermally heated at 923 K which is lower than the temperature where the initial γ/γ’ microstructure forms, the phase-separation of γ/γ’ precipitate phase occurs and γ particles newly appear in each cuboidal γ’ precipitate. While in Ni-10.2at%Al-10.8at%Fe alloy, when γ/γ’ two-phase microstructure formed at 1023 K is isothermally heated at 1123 K which is higher than the temperature where the initial γ/γ’ microstructure forms, the phase-separation of γ’ precipitate phase takes place and γ particles newly appear in each cuboidal γ’ precipitate. Such appearance of new γ particles in γ’ precipitates can be explained by the difference in the volume fraction of γ phase that should exist in the γ/γ’ two-phase system depending on the heating temperature.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 26-28)
• Pages: 1311-1314
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.26-28.1311
• Online since: October 2007
• Authors: M. Senga, H. Kumagai, Tomokazu Moritani, Minoru Doi
• Keywords: Gamma-Prime Phase, Heat Treatment, Ni Alloys, Phase Diagram, Phase Transformation, Precipitation

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