The effect of long-term thermal exposure on the tensile behavior of a high W content nickel-based superalloy K416B was investigated.The microstructure and the deformation characteristics were observed by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy,and the phase transformation of the alloy during long-term thermal exposure was analyzed by X-ray diffraction patterns and differential thermal analysis.Results showed that after thermal exposure at 1000℃,the MC carbides in the K416 B alloy decomposed into M_(6)C.During tensile deformation,dislocations slipping inγmatrix crossed over the M_(6)C by Orowan bowing mechanism.With the increase of thermal exposure time,the secondary M_(6)C reduced greatly the yield strength of the alloy at room temperature.Meanwhile,the continuous distribution of the secondary M_(6)C with great brittleness in the grain boundary could become the main source of crack,which might change the fracture characteristic of the alloy from trans-granular to intergranular.
K416B Ni-based superalloy with high W content has good high temperature properties and low cost,which has a great development potential.To investigate the room temperature tensile property and the deformation feature of K416B superalloy,tensile testing at room temperature was carried out,and optical microscopy (OM),scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to analyze the deformation and damage mechanisms.Results show that the main room temperature tensile deformation features of the K416B nickel-based superalloy are dislocations slipping in the matrix and shearing into γ’ phase.The <110> super-dislocations shearing into γ’ phase can form the anti-phase boundary two coupled (a/2)<110> partial-dislocations or decompose into the configuration of two (a/3)<112> partial dislocations plus stacking fault.In the later stage of tensile testing,the slip-lines with different orientations are activated in the grain,causing the stress concentration in the regions of block carbide or the porosity,and cracks initiate and propagate along these regions.
A kind of Ni-Cr-Fe-B-Si system amorphous alloy was used as interlayer in transient liquid-phase bonding(TLP bonding)of polycrystalline superalloy K465.The bonding behavior,microstructure feature and the tensile properties of the joints were investigated.There are B-rich phase and Si-rich phase formed in the center of the seam after bonding at 1210℃for 30 min.The isothermal solidification is complete after bonding at 1210℃for 4 h.The relationship of the average width of the remnant eutectic zone and bonding time at 1210℃is nonlinear.The tensile strength of the bonded joint at room temperature and 900℃is comparable to that of K465 alloy.
Ji-De LiuBo LiYuan SunTao JinXiao-Feng SunZhuang-Qi Hu