Volz, N and Xue, F and Zenk, CH and Bezold, A and Gabel, S and Subramanyam, APA and Drautz, R and Hammerschmidt, T and Makineni, SK and Gault, B and Göken, M and Neumeier, S (2021) Understanding creep of a single-crystalline Co-Al-W-Ta superalloy by studying the deformation mechanism, segregation tendency and stacking fault energy. In: Acta Materialia, 214 .
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Abstract
A systematic study of the compression creep properties of a single-crystalline Co-base superalloy (Co-9Al-7.5W-2Ta) was conducted at 950, 975 and 1000°C to reveal the influence of temperature and the resulting diffusion velocity of solutes like Al, W and Ta on the deformation mechanisms. Two creep rate minima are observed at all temperatures indicating that the deformation mechanisms causing these minima are quite similar. Atom-probe tomography analysis reveals elemental segregation to stacking faults, which had formed in the γ� phase during creep. Density-functional-theory calculations indicate segregation of W and Ta to the stacking fault and an associated considerable reduction of the stacking fault energy. Since solutes diffuse faster at a higher temperature, segregation can take place more quickly. This results in a significantly faster softening of the alloy, since cutting of the γ� precipitate phase by partial dislocations is facilitated through segregation already during the early stages of creep. This is confirmed by transmission electron microscopy analysis. Therefore, not only the smaller precipitate fraction at higher temperatures is responsible for the worse creep properties, but also faster diffusion-assisted shearing of the γ� phase by partial dislocations. The understanding of these mechanisms will help in future alloy development by offering new design criteria. © 2021
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Acta Materialia |
| Publisher: | Acta Materialia Inc |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Authors |
| Keywords: | Aluminum alloys; Aluminum metallography; Cobalt alloys; Cobalt metallography; Creep; Density functional theory; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Precipitation (chemical); Stacking faults; Superalloys; Tantalum; Tantalum metallography; Tungsten alloys; Tungsten metallography, Atom probe tomography; Deformation mechanism; Diffusion velocity; Elemental segregation; Partial dislocations; Precipitate fraction; Stacking fault energies; Transmission electron, Tantalum alloys |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2021 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 09:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/69305 |
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