Potential for carbide dispersive precipitation strengthening Ni-based alloy for high temperature

Abstract

Increasing service temperature of wrought Ni-based superalloy by increasing alloying degree and fraction of γ′ phase has come to a bottleneck. In present work, an attempt is made to make maximum use of carbide to strengthen Ni-based alloy with a simpler chemical composition. Multiple morphology characterization methods and high temperature tensile test show that the newly designed Ni(bal.)-20Cr-0.80C–12Ta (wt%) alloy can be strengthened by TaC and Cr-rich M7C3 carbide and shows good ductility at 800 °C. Phase transformation characteristics detected by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and high-temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images shows that there is a potential for dispersive precipitation of carbide in the alloy to get better mechanical property.

Keywords

• Carbide
• Nanosize particles
• High temperature
• Ni-based alloy
• Structural
• Metals and alloys