Effect of Long-Term Aging on Microstructural Restoration in Cast Nickel Base Superalloy, GTD-111

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In this research study, the effect of long-term aging after various solutioning temperatures on final microstructure was investigated. The cast nickel base superalloy, GTD-111, usually has standard reheat treatment as follows: solutioning treatment at 1448 - 1478 K for 7.2 ‑ 21.6 ks and aging at 1118 K for 86.4 ks. However, from previous research works, the density of γ՛ phase was not reached the optimum value. Therefore, extension of aging time was performed in the study from 90 to 180, 270, 360, 720, 1080 and 1440 ks in order to increase density or volume fraction of precipitating γ՛ particles. From the results, it was found that longer aging time provided higher values of both area fraction and size of γ՛ particles. However, increase in aging time resulted in the hardness decrease.

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