Oxygen changes crack modes of Ni-based single crystal superalloy

Xueqiao Li, Yinong Liu, Yunsong Zhao, Yanhui Chen, Ang Li, Jianfei Zhang, Yadi Zhai, Zhipeng Li, Dongfeng Ma, Xiaochen Li,

Materials Research Letters · 2021 · 21 citations · 31 references

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Oxygen-affected cracking commonly presents on thin Ni-based single crystal superalloy components serving in high temperature and oxidizing environments. This study uses a newly developed in-situ thermal-stress environmental transmission electron microscope to investigate the oxidation and fracture behaviors of Ni-based single crystal superalloy at 650°C under stress. The in-situ oxidation was found to change the tensile fracture mode from the close-packed {111} planes of plastic fracture to {001} planes adjacent to γ/γ′ interfaces of brittle fracture. The microanalysis also revealed that the γ′ cuboids, γ phase, and γ/γ interface exhibit different oxidation behavior, thus underscoring the thickness debit effect.

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