Analytical Electron Microscopy Studies of the CMSX-4 Single Crystal Superalloy Subjected to High Temperature Annealing |
| B. Dubiela, P. Indyka b, I. Kalemba-Rec a and T. Moskalewicz a
aAGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, Al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland bJagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, R. Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland |
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| The aim of the present work is to investigate the development of the γ/γ' microstructure and the changes in chemical composition of γ and γ' phases during high temperature annealing of CMSX-4 superalloy at a temperature of 1100°C in the time range from 500 to 2500 h. The studies were performed by means of scanning electron microscopy and the modern scanning-transmission electron microscopy with Super-X EDS system of four SDD detectors. Results of scanning electron microscopy and scanning-transmission electron microscopy analyses have shown that the microstructure of CMSX-4 superalloy is unstable during ageing at high temperature and the coalescence of cuboidal γ' precipitates was observed. Energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis revealed the distribution of particular alloying elements in the γ and γ' phases and the differences in their concentration in the function of the annealing time. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1375 PACS numbers: 61.66.Dk, 68.37.Hk, 68.37.Lp, 68.37.Ma, 82.80.Ej |