Deformation and Damage Features of a 4.5% Re Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloy during Creep at Medium Temperature

Abstract:

The deformation and damage behaviors of a 4.5% Re nickel-based single crystal superalloy during creep at medium temperature were conducted by means of creep properties measurement and microstructure observation in the present investigation. The results show that the creep life of the superalloy was measured to be 226h at 820MPa/820^oC, displaying a better creep resistance. After the alloy crept up to fracture, the γ′ phase in the region near fracture was contorted and coarsened, which is attributed to the severe plastic deformation. In the latter stage of creep, the main/secondary slipping systems were alternately activated to twist the γ′ and γ phases, which promoted the initiation of the cracks along the interfaces of γ′ /γ phases. And the micro-cracks may be propagated both along the direction vertical to the stress axis and along the direction of slipping traces, which is thought to be the main deformation and fracture mechanisms of the alloy in the latter stage of the creep.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 788)
• Pages: 459-465
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.788.459
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: De Long Shu*, Su Gui Tian, Jing Wu, Zhong Ge Guo
• Keywords: Creep, Deformation Feature, Microstructure, Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloy

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