Metallurgical modeling of microcrack repairment during welding nonferrous materials: non-equilibrium grain boundary segregation(Ⅱ)

Metallurgical modeling of microalloying boron behavior in nickel-based superalloys during pre-weld heat treatment and welding has been systematically established.Non-equilibrium grain boundary resegregation is physically coupled with non-equilibrium solidification of the weld pool for improved quantitative understanding of the imminent detriment of boron near the as-transformed grain boundary of the mushy zone and weldability.A strategic priority of the reduction in boron through low heat input and pre-weld heat treatment to suppress massive boride nucleation and grain boundary liquation are introduced.Both factors are capable of reducing the material response to boron-assisted intergranular liquation cracking at the high-energy sites of the grain-coarsened heat-affected zone(HAZ)beneath the surface and are of practical importance to provide robust integrity of joints.The synergistic self-repairment arterial crack network with the crystallographic substructure of the backfill enables amelioration of the HAZ crack resistance.The theoretical predictions are in satisfactory agreement with the phenomenological microanalysis,indirectly. This metallurgical modeling is also applicable to other high-temperature aerospace materials with similar metallurgical properties.     

Directional solidification of Ti-45Al-8Nb-(W,B,Y) alloy

Using a Bridgman vertical vacuum furnace,Ti-45Al-8Nb-(W,B,Y) (at.%) bars,which were prepared from a plasma arc melting (PAM) ingot,were directionally solidified at growth rates of 10,15,and 20 μm/s.Polysynthetic twinned (PST) crystal with an aligned lamellar microstructure was obtained at the growth rate of 15 μm/s because of high Nb addition.The principle of PST crystal growth and the effect of Nb element were discussed.The results of investigations on microstructure and micromechanical properties of the d...     

Casting/mold thermal contact heat transfer during solidification of Al-Cu-Si alloy (LM 21) plates in thick and thin molds

Heat flow at the casting/mold interface was assessed and studied during solidification of Al-Cu-Si (LM 21) alloy in preheated cast iron molds of two different thicknesses, coated with graphite and alumina based dressings. The casting and the mold were instrumented with thermocouples connected to a computer controlled temperature data acquisition system. The thermal history at nodal locations in the mold and casting obtained during experimentation was used to estimate the heat flux by solving the one-dimensional inverse heat conduction problem. The cooling rate and solidification time were measured using the computer-aided cooling curve analysis data. The estimated heat flux transients showed a peak due to the formation of a stable solid shell, which has a higher thermal conductivity compared with the liquid metal in contact with the mold wall prior to the occurrence of the peak. The high values of heat flux transients obtained with thin molds were attributed to mold distortion due to thermal stresses. For thin molds, assumption of Newtonian heating yielded reliable interfacial heat transfer coefficients as compared with one-dimensional inverse modeling. The time of occurrence of peak heat flux increased with a decrease in the mold wall thickness and increase in the casting thickness.     

Tensile behavior of a new single crystal nickel-based superalloy (CMSX-4) at room and elevated temperatures

Tensile behavior of a new single-crystal nickel-based superalloy with rhenium (CMSX-4) was studied at both room and elevated temperatures. The investigation also examined the influence of γ′ precipitates (size and distribution) on the tensile behavior of the material. Tensile specimens were prepared from single-crystal CMSX-4 in [001] orientation. The test specimens had the [001] growth direction parallel to the loading axis in tension. These specimens were given three different heat treatments to produce three different γ′ precipitate sizes and distributions. Tensile testing was carried out at both room and elevated temperatures. The results of the present investigation indicate that yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of this material initially increases with temperature, reaches a peak at around 800 °C, and then starts rapidly decreasing with rise in temperature. Both yield and tensile strength increased with increase in average γ′ precipitate size. Yield strength and temperature correlated very well by an Arrhenius type of relationship. Rate-controlling process for yielding at very high temperature (T ≥ 800 °C) was found to be the dislocation climb for all three differently heat-treated materials. Thermally activated hardening occurs below 800 °C whereas above 800 °C thermally activated softening occurs in this material.     

Corrosion behavior of hypereutectic Al-23%Si alloy (AC9A) processed by severe plastic deformation

Ultrafine-grained(UFG) hypereutectic Al-23%Si (mass fraction) alloy was achieved through equal-channel angular pressing(EACP) procedure. And the electrochemical properties after various ECAP passes were investigated in neutral NaCl solution. Potentiostatic polarization curves show that the corrosion potential of the ECAPed sample after 4 passes decreases markedly, while the corrosion current density reaches 1.37 times that of the as-cast alloy. However, the φcorr and Jcorr values after 16 passes are improved and approach those of the as-cast alloy. Immersion tests also show that the mass-loss ratio of ECAPed alloy decreases with increasing the pressing pass, which is lowered to 28.7% with the increase of pass number from 4 to 16. Pitting susceptibility of the ECAPed alloy after initial 4 passes is boosted, due to the presence of biggish voids resulted from the breakage of brittle large primary silicon crystals during ECAP. Increasing ECAP pass makes the voids evanesce and results in the homogeneous ultrafine-grained structure, contributing to a higher pitting resistance. These results indicate that enough ECAP passes are beneficial to increasing corrosion resistance of the hypereutectic Al-23%Si alloy.     

Kinetics of γ’ precipitation and its influence on fatigue crack growth behavior of a new single-crystal nickel- based superalloy (cmsx-4g) at room temperature

An investigation was carried out to determine the growth kinetics of γ precipitates in a newly developed single-crystal nickel-base superalloy containing rhenium (CMSX- 4G). The investigation also examined the influence of γ’ precipitates (size and distribution) on fatigue crack growth behavior of the material in a room-temperature ambient atmosphere. The influence of load ratio on fatigue threshold of the material and crack growth mechanisms in fatigue was also studied. Compact tension specimens were prepared from a single-crystal nickel-base superalloy, CMSX-4G, with the (001) crystallographic direction. These specimens were given two different heat treatments to produce two different γ’ size precipitates. Fatigue crack growth behavior of these materials was studied at three different load ratios (R = 0.10, 0.50, and 0.90) in room-temperature ambient atmosphere. The results of the present investigation demonstrate that rhenium additions in CMSX-4G substantially lowers the γ coarsening kinetics of this alloy. The smaller γ’ precipitate size was found to be beneficial for fatigue resistance and has resulted in a higher fatigue threshold and lower fatigue crack growth rate in the threshold region. The fatigue threshold was found to decrease with an increase in load ratio. The crack growth mechanism in the threshold region was found to occur by a combination of microvoid coalescence and striations.     

首饰用开金合金的研究与发展(2):首饰用开金合金的冶金学特性及强化机制

开金合金强度、硬度高，色彩丰富，可满足人们对首饰色彩多样性和饰品耐用性的要求，因而广泛用于首饰行业。作者综述了Au-Ag-Cu、Au-Ag-Pd和Au-Cu-Ni等首饰用主要合金系统的冶金学特性，重点评述了首饰用Au-Ag-Cu系开金合金的强化机制和强化途径的研究现状及发展，包括晶粒尺寸控制的强化、冷加工硬化、合金元素固溶强化、热处理强化以及微合金化强化等。     

高速电弧喷涂雾化熔滴传热过程数值分析Ⅰ.数学模型及传热参数变化规律

采用流体力学理论、凝固理论和牛顿冷却模式,提出了高速电弧喷涂雾化熔滴传热过程的数学模型,并用一种Fe-Al合金进行数值计算,用Spraywatch-2i热喷涂监控系统测试不同喷涂距离处熔滴平均温度的变化,以验证数学模型的正确性,并分析了雾化熔滴传热参数的变化规律。结果表明,计算结果与实测数据基本吻合。雾化过程中熔滴的对流换热系数、温度、固相分数及冷却速度等传热参数呈规律性变化。直径为34μm的Fe-Al合金雾化熔滴的初始液态冷却速度达2.5×10⁶ K/s,预示涂层将具有快速凝固组织特征。     

Temporal evolution of the nanostructure of Al(Sc,Zr) alloys: Part I – Chemical compositions of Al3(Sc1−xZrx) precipitates

Atom-probe tomography (APT) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy are used to study the chemical composition and nanostructural temporal evolution of Al₃(Sc_1−xZr_x) precipitates in an Al–0.09 Sc–0.047 Zr at.% alloy aged at 300 °C. Concentration profiles, via APT, reveal that Sc and Zr partition to Al₃(Sc_1−xZr_x) precipitates and Zr segregates concomitantly to the -Al/Al₃(Sc_1−xZr_x) interface. The Zr concentration in the precipitates increases with increasing aging time, reaching a maximum value of 1.5 at.% at 576 h. The relative Gibbsian interfacial excess of Zr, with respect to Al and Sc, reaches a maximum value of 1.24 ± 0.62 atoms nm⁻² after 2412 h. The temporal evolution of Al₃(Sc_1−xZr_x) precipitates is determined by measuring the time dependence of the depletion of the matrix supersaturation of Sc and Zr. The time dependency of the supersaturation of Zr does not follow the asymptotic t^−1/3 law while that of Sc does, indicating that a quasi-stationary state is not achieved for both Sc and Zr.