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Effect of long-term 1093 K exposure to air or vacuum on the structure of several wrought superalloys

Journal Article · · Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02650066· OSTI ID:5360882
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  1. NASA, Cleveland, OH (United States). Lewis Research Center

Long-term 1,093 K heat treatments of three commercial superalloy sheet materials were undertaken in air and vacuum. With either exposure, significant precipitation of second phases occurred in the Co-base Haynes Alloy 188 (HA 188) and the Ni-base Haynes Alloy 230 (HA 230); however, much less precipitation was found in the exposed Ni-base alloy Inconel 617 (IN 617). Although some grain growth occurred in HA 188, no changes in the grain size of either HA 230 or IN 617 were observed after 22,500 h at temperature. Oxidation during air heat treatments led to weight gain due to the formation of chromia + spinel scales and surface-connected grain boundary pits/oxides in all three superalloys. Both the weight gain and depth of intergranular attack were dependent on the square root of time, which is indicative of diffusion-controlled phenomena. Because many alloy samples had neighbors in close proximity, most vacuum heat treated specimens did not suffer significant loss of volatile elements. However, some exposed samples were subjected to unrestricted vacuum heat treatments, allowing estimates of volatilization to be made. Based on the data for HA 188, the weight loss during 1,093 K vacuum exposure was diffusion controlled once the inhibiting effects of surface films on the as-received alloys were broken down.

OSTI ID:
5360882
Journal Information:
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance; (United States) Vol. 2:5; ISSN 1059-9495; ISSN JMEPEG
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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