Abstract The nanometer-scale (nano-scale) microstructural evolution in an additively manufactured Re-free Ni-based superalloy, with single crystal compositions, is investigated through field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission and atom probe tomography. We find that nano-scale primary ?? precipitation occurs the fine as-built microstructure, leading to exceptional microhardness ...

A nickel-based single-crystal superalloy was employed to investigate the preferred growth orientation behavior of the (γ + γ') eutectic and the effect of these orientations on the segregation behavior. A novel solidification model for the eutectic island was proposed. At the beginning of the eutectic island's crystallization, the core directly formed from the liquid by the eutectic reaction, an...

The mean and the life-limiting behavior under fatigue of the nickel-based superalloy, IN100, separated (or converged) as a function of stress level and dwell loading. This behavior was related to the control of the life-limiting behavior by the smallcrack growth regime, producing its much slower response to stress level and dwell-time, relative to the mean-lifetime behavior. The lifetime probab...

The damaged K465 nickel-based superalloy parts were repaired by laser forming repair technology. The cracking characteristics and grain boundary liquation in heat affected zones were investigated by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that the cracks originated from the heat-affected zone and extended to the repai...

It is well-known that the harsh operational conditions of turbine blades lead to a gradual change in the microstructure of underlying Ni-based superalloy of blades. According to this, a rejuvenation process should be conducted on turbine blades superalloys to recover their microstructures. The first and main step of rejuvenation process is the determination of appropriate solution condition in ...

Peng Zhang 1, Cen Yi 1, Gang Chen 1, Heyong Qin 2 and Chuanjie Wang 1,* 1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China; [email protected] (P.Z.); [email protected] (C.Y.); [email protected] (G.C.) 2 Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, Beijing 100081, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-631-568...