J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1992, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2): 127-131.

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Prediction of the Occurrence of a Phase in Austenitic Matrix of Ni-base Superalloys Using Thermodynamic Equilibria Calculation

NI Kequan CHEN Guoliang ZHU Ping XIA Haiping ** Dept.of Materials Science & Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing,100083,China*** Shenzhen Jinyuan Stainless Steel Co.Ltd.,Shenzhen.518067,China+ To whom correspondence should be a   

  • Received:1992-03-28 Revised:1992-03-28 Online:1992-03-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: Using the calculation of thermodynamic equilibria in multicomponent systems,two ternary phase diagrams,Ni-Cr-Mo and Ni-Cr-Co,have been calculated by optimizing the Gibbs free ener- gies with respect to phase diagrams and thermodynamic data.On the basis of this calcula- tion,the occurrence of σ-phase in the residual solid solution of commercial Ni-base superalloys, IN-713C and U-700,has been predicted.The re- sults show that the calculation of phase equilibria is successful in the prediction of the occurrence of the σ-phase.

Key words: thermodynamics, equilibrium, superalloy, σ-phase