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Acta Metall Sin  2024, Vol. 60 Issue (2): 167-178    DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2023.00026
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Basal Stacking Faults of μ Phase in Ni-Based Superalloy GH4151
LONG Jiangdong1,2, DUAN Huichao1(), ZHAO Peng1,2, ZHANG Rui3, ZHENG Tao1,2, QU Jinglong4,5, CUI Chuanyong3, DU Kui1
1 Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
3 Shi -changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
4 Gaona Materials Co. Ltd., Beijing 100081, China
5 Sichuan CISRI Gaona Forging Co. Ltd., Deyang 618000, China
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LONG Jiangdong, DUAN Huichao, ZHAO Peng, ZHANG Rui, ZHENG Tao, QU Jinglong, CUI Chuanyong, DU Kui. Basal Stacking Faults of μ Phase in Ni-Based Superalloy GH4151. Acta Metall Sin, 2024, 60(2): 167-178.

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Abstract  

Wrought Ni-based superalloys are widely used in aviation and energy fields because of their excellent creep resistance, thermal stability, heat corrosion resistance, and oxidation resistance at high temperatures. The mechanical properties of wrought Ni-based superalloys are significantly affected by grain boundary precipitation. Among the grain boundary second phases, the topologically close-packed (TCP) phase is usually discovered in wrought superalloys with the addition of refractory metal elements. As a complex intermetallic compound with only tetrahedral interstices, the TCP phase is stacked with a high packing density of atoms, embodying low plasticity and high brittleness. Given these characteristics, the TCP phase tends to promote crack initiation and propagation during creep, thereby reducing the alloy's creep strength. Additionally, the formation of the TCP phase requires several refractory elements, thereby weakening the effect of the solid solution strengthening of the matrix. As a ubiquitous TCP phase in wrought superalloys, μ phases are represented by rectangular and parallelogram structural subunits, which are parallel to the basal plane of μ phases. Basal stacking faults (SFs) are the most common defects in the μ phase, and SFs with different stacking sequences will form different phases with corresponding structures and mechanical properties. The μ phases and their basal SFs in wrought Ni-based superalloy GH4151 were systematically studied by multifarious electron microscopy techniques, such as EDS and atomic-resolution high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) of aberration-corrected TEM, revealing the structure and composition of the μ phase and the structure and distribution of numerous basal SFs in the μ phase. Based on the different arrangements of structural subunits, the basal SFs were divided into four types. Type I basal SF is equivalent to the μ phase with a layer of parallelogram structural subunit reversing to form two layers of microsymmetric structures, the reversed parallelogram structural subunit is symmetrical to the rectangular one; type II basal SF is equivalent to type I basal SF in the absence of a layer of the rectangular structural subunit, forming a C14 structure and microsymmetric structure; type III basal SF results from the absence of a layer of the parallelogram structural subunit in the μ phase, forming a complete Zr4Al3 phase; and type IV basal SF results from the absence of a layer of the rectangular structural subunit in the μ phase, forming a C15 structure. Among the four types of basal SFs, type II and type IV basal SFs form Laves phases, but the occurrence of the former is more than that of the latter. This finding is related to the stability of type II basal SF (C14 structure) over type IV basal SF (C15 structure) revealed by the first-principle calculations.

Key words:  wrought Ni-based superalloy      μ phase      aberration-corrected TEM      basal stacking fault      C14 structure     
Received:  16 January 2023     
ZTFLH:  TG132.3  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52171020);National Natural Science Foundation of China(91960202);National Science and Technology Major Project of China(2019VI00060120)
Corresponding Authors:  DUAN Huichao, Tel: (024)83978628, E-mail: hcduan15s@imr.ac.cn

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https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/10.11900/0412.1961.2023.00026     OR     https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/Y2024/V60/I2/167

Fig.1  EBSD (a) and TEM (b) images of the wrought Ni-based superalloy GH4151 sample after aging
Fig.2  A series of selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns of μ phase obtained by tilting crystal. The corresponding crystal axes are [022¯1] (a), [1¯101] (b), and [2¯64¯1] (c), respectively
Fig.3  Low magnification high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) image (a) and EDS element maps of μ phase (b-f)
Fig.4  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM image (a) and corresponding element maps (b-j) of μ phase (Figs.4b-e are the superpositions of HAADF-STEM images and corresponding element maps)
Fig.5  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM image of μ phase viewed along [112¯0] direction (The intensity profile of the atoms is shown below the panel) (a) and atomic model of μ phase viewed along [112¯0] direction (the magenta arrow shows the lattice constant c of μ phase; the red arrows indicate the positions of the central and pentagonal antiprism atoms; the figure at the lower right panel shows the stacking of pentagonal antiprism atoms and central atoms along [112¯0] direction of μ phase; R—rectangle structural subunit, P—parallelogram structural subunit) (b)
Fig.6  Bright filed TEM image (a) and corresponding SAED pattern (b) of μ phase
Fig.7  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM image of type I basal stacking fault (SF) of μ phase viewed along [112¯0] direction (a) and atomic model of type I basal SF (b)
Fig.8  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM image of type II basal SF of μ phase viewed along [112¯0] direction (The red lines indicate the area of C14 structure; c2 is the lattice constant of C14 structure) (a) and atomic model of type II basal SF (b)
Fig.9  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM image of type III basal SFs of μ phase viewed along [112¯0] direction (a) and atomic model of type III basal SF (b)
Fig.10  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM image of type IV basal SF of μ phase viewed along [112¯0] direction (a) and atomic model of type IV basal SF (b)
StructureC14C15
Cr2Mo10992
Co2Mo-128-103
Table 1  Formation energies of C14 and C15 structures
Fig.11  Atomic-resolution HAADF-STEM images of C14 structure with different thicknesses viewed along [112¯0] direction
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