X-Ray Analysis of the Precipitation Process in an Fe-Ni Superalloy

Abstract:

The influence of prolonged ageing on the kinetics of the precipitation process of the secondary phases in an A-286 type Fe-Ni superalloy has been studied. The samples were subjected to a solution heat treatment at 980°C for 2 h and water quenched, and then aged at temperatures of 715, 750 and 780°C at holding times from 0.5 to 500 h. Structural investigations were conducted using X-ray diffraction methods. The values of the austenite lattice constant were estimated with the use of the cos²θ extrapolation function, and by the Toraya (WPPF) and Rietveld methods. It was found that the largest decrease in the austenite lattice constant took place during the initial period of ageing at all investigated temperatures, which corresponds to the spinodal decomposition of supersaturated austenite and formation of the γ'-Ni₃(Al,Ti) intermetallic phase. Good agreement between the values of the austenite lattice constant determined using the extrapolation function and the Rietveld method was found.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 212)
• Pages: 225-228
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.212.225
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Lucjan Pająk, Kazimierz J. Ducki, Lilianna Wojtynek
• Keywords: A-286 Alloy, Austenite Lattice Constant, Prolonged Ageing, X-Ray Analysis

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