Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure Evolution in DD9 Single Crystal Turbine Blade

Abstract:

The microstructural evolution of DD9 single crystal superalloy turbine blade was studied after heat treatment. In comparison to the as-cast microstructures where the sizes of the γ′ precipitates have an obvious difference between the dendritic core and interdendritic regions, the γ′ sizes of the heat-treated microstructures tend to be uniform and more cubic. And in the heat-treated microstructures, the γ′ sizes and the related size dispersion degrees of the dendritic cores are slightly increased, while those of the interdendritic regions are obviously decreased. After all, all the γ′ sizes follow the normal distribution law. With the raise of section thickness, the γ′ sizes tend to increase and the related size dispersion degrees are enhanced during the cooling process after heat treatment, and the γ-γ′ eutectics are dissolved, left little residual eutectics and pores.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1072)
• Pages: 95-102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-26qh91
• Online since: October 2022
• Authors: Yan Peng Xue*, Xiao Guang Wang, Jin Qian Zhao, Zhen Xue Shi, Shi Zhong liu, Jia Rrong Li
• Keywords: DD9, Heat Treatment, Microstructure Evolution, Single Crystal

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