Thoughts on High Performance Superalloy Design and Microstructural Characteristics of a Newly Designed Ni-Cr-Co-W Superalloy Applied above 850°C

Abstract:

With the development of aircraft engine, higher requirement was put forward on turbine disk materials. In the present work, new thoughts on improving high temperature properties of superalloys have been proposed and a newly developed candidate turbine disk material for 850°C-900°C application with a composition of Ni-Co-Cr-W superalloy has been investigated. The results show that W is beneficial for mechanical properties. Microstructural characteristics and hot deformation of this new alloy were studied by optical microscope (OM), field emission scanning electric microscope (FESEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results show that the main precipitates in the as-cast condition are γ’ phase, primary MC carbides and eutectic phase. The incipient melting temperature, γ’ solvus and MC solvus are 1312°C, 1220°C and 1356°C respectively. Cracks are observed in the tested samples after hot deformed at 1160°C to 1220°C with 30% strain. They initiated at the surface of the samples and propagated along the grain boundaries and also initiated at the interface of carbides and matrix.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 944)
• Pages: 13-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.944.13
• Online since: January 2019
• Authors: Xue Mei Xiang, He Jiang*, Jian Xin Dong, Zhi Hao Yao
• Keywords: High Performance Alloy Design, Microstructural Characteristics, New Ni-Cr-Co-W Superalloy

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