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Title: Synergisms of grain boundary and {gamma}{prime}-particle strengthening in nickel-base superalloys

Journal Article · · Scripta Materialia
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  1. Univ. Muenster (Germany). Inst. fuer Metallforschung

The effect of grain boundaries (GB) on the yield strength {sigma}{sub y} of polycrystals can often be described by the Hall-Petch relation: {sigma}{sub y} = M {tau}{sub c} + k d{sup {minus}1/2} with: M = Taylor factor, {tau}{sub c} = critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) of single crystals of the same material and d = grain size. Introducing particles of a second phase into an originally single phase polycrystalline material does not only alter {tau}{sub c}, but also the Hall-Petch slope k. Mangen and Nembach investigated these synergetic effects of particle- and GB-strengthening for the commercial nickel-base superalloy NIMONIC PE16, which derives its high strength from solid solution hardening of the f.c.c. matrix and from coherent spherical precipitates of the L1{sub 2}-long range ordered {gamma}{prime}-phase. This paper analyzes these synergetic efforts for the nickel-base superalloys.

OSTI ID:
201056
Journal Information:
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 34, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English