TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of phase decomposition and coarsening of γ′ precipitates in Ni-12 at.% Ti alloy
AU - Garay-Reyes, C. G.
AU - Hernández-Santiago, F.
AU - Cayetano-Castro, N.
AU - López-Hirata, V. M.
AU - García-Rocha, J.
AU - Hernández-Rivera, J. L.
AU - Dorantes-Rosales, H. J.
AU - Cruz-Rivera, J. J.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The early stages of phase decomposition, morphological evolution of precipitates, coarsening kinetics of γ′ precipitates and micro-hardness in Ni-12 at.% Ti alloy are studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Vickers hardness tests (VHN). Disk-shaped specimens are solution treated at 1473 K (1200°C) and aged at 823, 923 and 1023 K (550, 650 and 750°C) during several periods of time. TEM results show that a conditional spinodal of order occurs at the beginning of the phase decomposition and exhibit the following decomposition sequence and morphological evolution of precipitates: αsss → γ″ irregular-cuboidal + γs → γ′ cuboidal-parallelepiped + γ → η plates + γ. In general during the coarsening of γ′ precipitates, the experimental coarsening kinetics do not fit well to the LSW or TIDC (n = 2.281) theoretical models, however the activation energies determined using the TIDC and LSW theories (262.846 and 283.6075 kJ mol- 1, respectively) are consistent with previously reported values. The highest hardness obtained at 823, 923 and 1023 K (550, 650 and 750°C) is associated with the presence of γ′ precipitates.
AB - The early stages of phase decomposition, morphological evolution of precipitates, coarsening kinetics of γ′ precipitates and micro-hardness in Ni-12 at.% Ti alloy are studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Vickers hardness tests (VHN). Disk-shaped specimens are solution treated at 1473 K (1200°C) and aged at 823, 923 and 1023 K (550, 650 and 750°C) during several periods of time. TEM results show that a conditional spinodal of order occurs at the beginning of the phase decomposition and exhibit the following decomposition sequence and morphological evolution of precipitates: αsss → γ″ irregular-cuboidal + γs → γ′ cuboidal-parallelepiped + γ → η plates + γ. In general during the coarsening of γ′ precipitates, the experimental coarsening kinetics do not fit well to the LSW or TIDC (n = 2.281) theoretical models, however the activation energies determined using the TIDC and LSW theories (262.846 and 283.6075 kJ mol- 1, respectively) are consistent with previously reported values. The highest hardness obtained at 823, 923 and 1023 K (550, 650 and 750°C) is associated with the presence of γ′ precipitates.
KW - LSW theory
KW - Morphological evolution
KW - Nickel based superalloys
KW - Spinodal conditional
KW - TIDC theory
KW - γ′ precipitates coarsening
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879920841&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.matchar.2013.05.017
DO - 10.1016/j.matchar.2013.05.017
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1044-5803
VL - 83
SP - 35
EP - 42
JO - Materials Characterization
JF - Materials Characterization
ER -