1 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Human Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Shenzhen Institute, Peking University, Shenzhen 518057 2 Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016
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Liyuan SHENG,Jianting GUO,Chen LAI,Tingfei XI. EFFECT OF Zr ADDITION ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NiAl/Cr(Mo) BASE EUTECTIC ALLOY. Acta Metall Sin, 2015, 51(7): 828-834.
NiAl base eutectic alloy is an attractive material and promising to use in high temperature environment. However, the inadequate high temperature strength limits its application. In order to improve its strength, Zr was added in the Ti and Hf doped NiAl/Cr(Mo) base eutectic alloys and the effect of Zr addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of the eutectic alloy was investigated in this work. The results show that small addition of Zr can refine the NiAl/Cr(Mo) lamella inside the eutectic cell and optimize NiAl and Cr(Mo) phase morphology in the intercellular zone. Moreover, the Zr addition promotes the precipitation of bulk Heusler phase along eutectic cell boundary. With the increase of Zr addition, the eutectic cell of the alloys becomes fine, but the NiAl and Cr(Mo) phases in the intercellular zone become coarse and the Heusler phases exhibits semi-continuously distribution along the eutectic cell boundary. When the Zr content increases to 1% (atomic fraction), the NiAl and Cr(Mo) phases in eutectic cell and intercellular zone are all coarsened obviously. Additionally, coarse Cr-rich phases precipitate in the intercellular zone and Heusler phase forms the continuous network along eutectic cell boundary. The addition of Zr promotes the precipitation of coarse b-NiAl and a-Cr phase in Cr(Mo) phase and NiAl phases, respectively. Moreover, the segregation of Heusler phase forming elements along the precipitate interface leads to the formation of a large number of interfacial dislocations. In addition, the addition of Zr results in the precipitation of fine Heusler particles in NiAl phase. It is shown that appropriate addition of Zr can improve the compression strength of Ni-33Al-28Cr-5.5Mo-1.0Ti-0.3Hf eutectic alloys significantly at room temperature and high temperature without reducing its compression plasticity, but more addition of Zr reduces the compressive plastic of the alloy inevitably.
Fund: Supported by Strategic New Industry Development Special Foundation of Shenzhen (Nos.JCYJ20140419114548515 and JCYJ20130402172114948), Shenzhen Collaborative Innovation Program of International Cooperation Research Projects (No.GJHZ20140419114548516) and Shenzhen Technology Development Project (No.CXZZ20140731091722497)
Fig.1 SEM images of Ni-33Al-28Cr-5.5Mo-1.0Ti-0.3Hf-xZr alloys with x=0 (A1) (a), x=0.3 (A2) (b), x=0.5 (A3) (c) and x=1 (A4) (d)
Alloy
Phase
Ni
Al
Cr
Mo
Ti
Hf
Zr
Al
NiAl
46.74
45.56
4.01
0.98
2.18
0.53
0
Cr(Mo)
8.04
9.53
70.62
11.73
0.06
0.01
0
Heusler
45.12
24.81
4.48
2.12
4.40
19.07
0
A2
NiAl
47.17
45.70
3.51
0.53
2.11
0.42
0.56
Cr(Mo)
7.13
10.94
68.46
13.26
0.09
0.01
0. 10
Heusler
44.27
22.26
5.66
1.89
4.10
14.92
6.90
A3
NiAl
46.97
45.67
4.06
0.41
1.90
0.34
0.65
Cr(Mo)
6.64
8.34
72.71
12.10
0.08
0.01
0.12
Heusler
45.42
22.96
4.13
1.99
3.80
12.78
8.92
A4
NiAl
46.79
46.43
3.97
0.22
1.75
0.12
0.72
Cr(Mo)
6.15
8.14
72.93
12.58
0.07
0.01
0.10
Heusler
45.90
22.85
3.27
1.28
3.20
9.90
13.60
Table 1 Chemical compositions of phases in A1~A4 alloys by EPMA analysis
Fig.2 XRD spectra of A1 and A4 alloys
Fig.3 SEM image of Heusler and (Ti, Hf, Zr) solid solution (Ti, Hf, Zr)ss phases (a), TEM image of Heusler and (Ti, Hf, Zr)ss phases along A2 alloy phase boundary (b), SAED patterns of Heusler phase along [110] (c), (Ti, Hf, Zr)ss phase along [110] (d) and TEM image of fine (Ti, Hf, Zr)ss precipitates along phase boundary (e)
Fig.4 TEM images of fine NiAl and Cr(Mo) lamellas in the center of eutectic cell (a), coherent and semi-coherent a-Cr precipitates in NiAl phase (b) and fine coherent NiAl precipitates in Cr(Mo) phase (c) in A1 alloy
Fig.5 TEM images of Heusler phase precipitates in bulk NiAl phase along eutectic boundary (a), semi-coherent NiAl precipitates in Cr(Mo) phase (b) and coherent and semi-coherent a-Cr precipitates in NiAl phase (c) in A4 alloy
Alloy
Temperature
Yield
Compressive
Compressive
strain / %
strength / MPa
strength / MPa
A1
RT
1401
1739
17
1273 K
330
420
>35
A2
RT
1485
1975
12
1273 K
410
550
>35
A3
RT
1530
2265
16
1273 K
440
575
>35
A4
RT
1494
1995
7
1273 K
420
510
>35
Table 2 Compressive properties of A1~A4 alloys at room temperature (RT) and 1273 K