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Effect of Microstructure Instability on Hot Plasticity During Thermomechanical Processing in PM Nickel-Based Superalloy

  • Ming ZHANG ,
  • Guoquan LIU ,
  • Benfu HU
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  • 1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received date: 2017-05-08

  Online published: 2017-09-19

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Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2015AA034201) and National Natural Science Foundation of China No.51371030

Abstract

High alloying Ni-based powder metallurgy (PM) superalloys show excellent fatigue performance and damage tolerance properties, and good creep resistance at 750 ℃, and are used for advanced gas turbine disks and other hot components. The hot-working window of high alloying PM superalloy is narrow because of its poor workability. The formation of the γ+γ′ microduplex structure during the thermomechanical processing always results in a decrease in flow stress and a promotion of hot plasticity. However, the stability of the γ+γ′ microduplex structure has not been evaluated. The high temperature flow behavior of a Ni-based superalloy FGH98 prepared by hot isostatic pressing has been examined by means of uniaxial compression testing isothermally at 1060, 1105, 1138 and 1165 ℃ and at constant true strain rates between 0.01 and 10 s-1. The microstructural evolution and instabilities during plastic flow have been studied. Under all testing conditions, the as-hipped material exhibits flow hardening, flow softening and steady-state flow sequentially with the true strain increased. The dynamic recrystallization occurs and the γ+γ′ microduplex structures are generated when steady state flow or highest strains achieved at temperatures below the γ′ solvus. The formation of the γ+γ′ microduplex structures results in a remarkable decrease in grain size and a promotion of hot plasticity. The relationships between steady-state grain sizes and steady-state stresses during deformation and the formation mechanism of the γ+γ′ microduplex structure were analyzed. The possibility of the microstructure controlling during hot working was discussed.

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Ming ZHANG , Guoquan LIU , Benfu HU . Effect of Microstructure Instability on Hot Plasticity During Thermomechanical Processing in PM Nickel-Based Superalloy[J]. Acta Metall Sin, 2017 , 53(11) : 1469 -1477 . DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2017.00172

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