On the effect of W addition on microstructural evolution and γ′ precipitate coarsening in a Co–30Ni–10Al–5Mo–2Ta–2Ti alloy

Baler, N and Pandey, P and Palanisamy, D and Makineni, SK and Phanikumar, G and Chattopadhyay, K (2020) On the effect of W addition on microstructural evolution and γ′ precipitate coarsening in a Co–30Ni–10Al–5Mo–2Ta–2Ti alloy. In: Materialia, 10 .

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Abstract

The effect of replacement of molybdenum with small amount of tungsten on the stability of cobalt based superalloys of Co–Ni–Mo–Al–Ta–Ti class has been presented. A small addition of tungsten (W) in Co–30Ni–(5-x)Mo–10Al–2Ta–2Ti–2W alloys stabilizes the cuboidal morphology of precipitates and increases the γ′ volume fraction. A 2 at% addition of W causes an increase of 60 °C in solvus temperature of the base superalloy to reach a value of 1130 °C with a slight increase of mass density to 8.79 g/cc. Beside partitioning into γ′, W also shifts the partitioning preference of Mo from the γ′ phase in 0W alloy to that of equal partitioning in both γ and γ’ phases in 2W alloy. An interfacial confinement of Mo atoms could be observed at the γ/γ′ interfaces that reduces interface energy leading to enhanced microstructural stability. The experimentally determined temporal evolution of average precipitate size in the 2W alloy at the temperatures of 800, 900 and 950 °C suggests a matrix diffusion limited coarsening kinetics. The estimated coarsening rate constant at 900 °C follows a quasi-steady state model and is comparable to those observed for W and Re containing Co-based superalloys. The activation energy for γ′ precipitate coarsening is estimated to be 258 ± 6 kJ/mole, which is comparable to the Mo diffusion in the γ-Co matrix suggesting Mo diffusion still controls the precipitate coarsening in the 2W alloy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materialia
Publisher:	Elsevier B.V.
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier B.V.
Keywords:	Activation energy; Coarsening; Diffusion; Microstructural evolution; Ostwald ripening; Precipitation (chemical); Rate constants; Rhenium alloys; Superalloys, Atom-probe tomography; Co-based superalloys; Coarsening kinetics; Cobalt-based superalloy; Microstructural stability; Morphology of precipitates; Partition coefficient; Quasi-steady-state models, Cobalt alloys
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2023 09:25
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2023 09:25
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/79910

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