Element Segregation in GH4169 Superalloy Large-Scale Ingot and Billet Manufactured by Triple-Melting

doi:10.11900/0412.1961.2020.00101

Acta Metall Sin

2020, Vol. 56

Issue (8): 1123-1132 DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2020.00101

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Element Segregation in GH4169 Superalloy Large-Scale Ingot and Billet Manufactured by Triple-Melting

ZHANG Yong¹, LI Xinxu¹, WEI Kang¹, WEI Jianhuan¹, WANG Tao¹, JIA Chonglin¹, LI Zhao¹, MA Zongqing²(

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1 Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced High Temperature Structural Materials, AECC Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, Beijing 100095, China
2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China

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ZHANG Yong, LI Xinxu, WEI Kang, WEI Jianhuan, WANG Tao, JIA Chonglin, LI Zhao, MA Zongqing. Element Segregation in GH4169 Superalloy Large-Scale Ingot and Billet Manufactured by Triple-Melting. Acta Metall Sin, 2020, 56(8): 1123-1132.

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Abstract

GH4169 has the advantage of excellent comprehensive mechanical properties, good oxidation and corrosion resistance, etc., which have been widely used in aero engine with the largest consumption. The GH4169 parts include high pressure compressor disk, turbine disk, shaft, gearbox and forged blade, et al. With the development of technology and the requirement of cost reducing, the size of GH4169 ingot and billet increases gradually at home and abroad. However, element segregation becomes more and more severe as the size of GH4169 ingot and billet increases, which will significantly degrade their mechanical properties. In this work, the large-scale GH4169 superalloy ingot (diameter 508 mm) was prepared by triple smelting, vacuum induction melting (VIM)+electro sag remelting (ESR)+vacuum arc remelting (VAR). Then, large-scale GH4169 billet (diameter 240 mm) was obtained from this prepared ingot via two-step high temperature homogenization heat treatment and cogging-forging. The element composition and microstructure at different positions of these large-scale ingot and billet were analyzed by SEM, TEM, EPMA and EDS. The results show that the segregation degree of element Al in GH4169 ingot is small, while those of elements Nb, Ti and Mo are large. Moreover, a lot of secondary phases were precipitated at the interdendritic regions of GH4169 ingot, including MC, Laves and δ phase. In the GH4169 billet prepared in our work, no "freckle" or "white spot" macro segregation was recognized, and the micro-element segregation was eliminated. Furthermore, combined with computational simulation, the chemical composition uniformity and main mechanical properties of GH4169 and Inconel 718 billets were compared. The statistical analysis using sample variance of macro chemical composition shows that the uniformity of chemical composition in GH4169 billet produced by different manufactures is different. The regional element segregation results in some vacillation on the mechanical properties of GH4169 billet. It is proposed that this regional element segregation can be further depressed by elaborately controlling the triple melting process and optimizing the homogenization heat treatment and forging process.

Key words: GH4169 triple smelting wrought superalloy element segregation

Received: 28 March 2020

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51822404);GH4169 Superalloy 319 Special Item of Defense Science and Industry Bureua(XXZX-16-00X);Science and Technology Program of Tianjin(18YFZCGX00070)

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Table 1 Main chemical compositions of triple smelted GH4169 and Inconel 718 alloys

Fig.1 SEM images of dendrite structures in different locations of GH4169 vacuum arc remelting (VAR) ingot
(a) edge (b) R/2 (R refer to the VAR ingot radius 254 mm) (c) center

Table 2 Element distributions in different locations of VAR ingot of GH4169 alloy

Table 3 Segregation coefficients (k) of elements in different locations of VAR ingot of GH4169 alloy

Fig.2 EPMA (a) and SEM (b) images of precipitated phase at center in VAR ingot of GH4169 alloy

Table 4 Chemical compositions of precipitated phase in VAR ingot of GH4169

Fig.3 SEM image and element distributions at center in VAR ingot of GH4169 alloy
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Fig.4 Calculated distributions of typical elements Nb (a), Mo (b), Al (c) and Ti (d) in VAR ingot of GH4169 alloy
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Fig.5 Calculated distributions of elements Nb (a), Mo (b), Al (c) and Ti (d) in VAR ingot of GH4169 alloy after homogenization heat treatment

Fig.6 TEM images of GH4169 billet
(a) TEM image of grain boundary and second phase
(b) HRTEM image of strengthening phase γ'' and matrx γ
(c) SAED pattern of matrix, γ' and γ''

Fig.7 Distributions of typical elements Nb, Mo, Al, Ti and Cr in GH4169 billet
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Fig.8 SEM images of GH4169 billet at different locations
(a) edge (b) R/2 (c) center

Table 5 Element distributions at different locations in GH4169 billet through EPMA

Fig.9 Element testing method at different locations in billet cross section (a) and the calculated results of standard deviation for GH4169 and Inconel 718 billets (b)

Fig.10 Brinell hardnesses at different locations of GH4169 and Inconel 718 billets

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