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Dynamic Strain Aging in a Newly Developed Ni-Co-Base Superalloy with Low Stacking Fault Energy

Chenggang Tian, Chuanyong Cui, Ling Xu, Yuefeng Gu, Xiaofeng Sun   

  1. Superalloys Division, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2012-04-18 Revised:2012-06-07 Online:2013-09-30 Published:2013-08-22
  • Contact: Chuanyong Cui
  • Supported by:

    National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China under grant No. 2010CB631206 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant Nos.51171179, 51128101 and 51271174.

Abstract:

Characteristics of dynamic strain aging (DSA) in a Ni–Co-base superalloy were studied by tensile tests at temperatures ranging from 250 °C to 550 °C and strain rates ranging from 3 × 105 to 8 × 104 s1. Serrated flow in the tensile stress-strain curves was observed in the temperature range from 300 °C to 500 °C. Normal DSA behavior was found at temperatures ranging from 300 °C to 350 °C, while inverse DSA behavior was observed at temperatures ranging from 400 °C to 500 °C. The yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, work hardening index, and fracture features were not affected by temperature and strain rates in DSA regime. Negative strain-rate sensitivity of flow stress was observed in DSA regime. The analysis suggests that the ordering of the substitutional solutes around some defects like mobile dislocations and stacking faults due to the thermal activated process may cause the serrations on the tensile curves.

 

Key words: Ni-Co base superalloy, Dynamic strain aging (DSA), Activation energy, Substitutional solute, Stacking fault