Microstructural Stability of Alloy 617 Mod. During Thermal Aging

Author(s):  
Guo Yan ◽  
Zhou Rongcan ◽  
Tang Liying ◽  
Hou Shufang ◽  
Wang Bohan

The microstructural stability of Alloy 617 mod. during aging for up to 3000 h at temperatures of 700°C and 750°C was investigated. The precipitates of the aged alloy included M23C6 carbides located both inside grains (intragranular) and at grain boundaries (intergranular) and γ′ phase dispersed within grains. During aging, the intergranular precipitates showed a good stability. Intragranular particles increased substantially after the aging for 3000h at 750°C. Inter and intragranular carbide particles resulted in the precipitation hardening of the aged alloys. The precipitation of γ′ phase particles during aging at 700°C and 750°C is also an important factor for an enhanced hardness and an obvious decrease of the impact absorbed energy. Additionally, the intergranular cracks apparently lead to a decrease in the impact absorbed energy for the aged alloys due to carbide particles at grain boundaries. The impact absorbed energies of the aged alloys were fairly stable within the dwelling time from 300 h to 3000 h and were in the range of 63∼65J and 75∼83J for the 700°C and 750°C aging, respectively. Paper published with permission.

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Hanna Purzyńska ◽  
Grzegorz Golański ◽  
Michał Kwiecień ◽  
Dariusz Paryż

The article presents an analysis of precipitation processes in heat-resistant TP347HFG steel after 41,000 h of operation at 585°C. Microstructure investigation showed that the use of the tested steel resulted mainly in the precipitation processes occurring at grain boundaries. Identification of the precipitates showed the presence of M23C6 carbides and σ phase particles along boundaries. Single M23C6 carbide particles were revealed also at twin boundaries. Inside austenite grains, apart from large, primary precipitates, finely-dispersed secondary NbX particles (X = C,N) were also observed.


2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasnim Kallel ◽  
Valérie Massardier-Nageotte ◽  
Mohamed Jaziri ◽  
Jean-François Gérard ◽  
Boubaker Elleuch

PE/PS blends have been extensively studied with the objective of improving their recycling. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of potential pollutants on properties of high density polyethylene (HDPE)/polystyrene (PS) plastic blends. The pollutants selected were a polar molecule of low molar mass, i.e. ethylene glycol, and an oil for engine which can be considered as less polar higher molar mass molecules. Such study can be considered for the recycling of polymer wastes from automotive applications. The compatibilizer used for PE/PS blends was a non-grafted Styrene-Ethylene Butene-Styrene copolymer (SEBS). Rheological properties, morphology and mechanical properties were analyzed. Study of the morphologies and of the mechanical properties shows that a small polar molecule such as ethylene glycol can form a third phase whereas an oil can improve compatibilization (lower diameter of the dispersed phase, better adhesion). Morphologies are in good agreement with mechanical behavior. For PE/PS blends, the lower adhesion due to the presence of ethylene glycol induced a decrease of the viscosity and absorbed energy. On the opposite, the presence of oil decreases the diameter of the dispersed phase, which leads to a significant improvement of the impact properties.


2006 ◽  
Vol 326-328 ◽  
pp. 1833-1836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Min Jang ◽  
Tadaharu Adachi ◽  
Akihiko Yamaji

The development characteristics of impact-induced damage in carbon-fiber-reinforcedplastics (CFRP) laminates were experimentally studied using a drop-weight impact tester. Five types of CFRP laminates were used to investigate the effect of stacking sequences and thicknesses. The efficiency of absorbed energy to impact energy was different for CFRP laminates with different stacking sequences or thicknesses. The DA/AE ratio of delamination area (DA) to absorbed energy (AE) was almost the same for CFRP laminates with the same stacking sequence regardless of the thickness. We found that the DA/AE ratio could be used as a parameter to characterize the impact damage resistance in CFRP laminates with different stacking sequences.


Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1533
Author(s):  
Haichao Zhang ◽  
Xufeng Wang ◽  
Huirong Li ◽  
Changqing Li ◽  
Yungang Li

The molecular dynamics (MD) method was used to simulate and calculate the segregation energy and cohesive energy of Cu atoms at the Σ3{111}(110) and Σ3{112}(110) grain boundaries, and the tensile properties of the BCC-Fe crystal, with the grain boundaries containing coherent Cu clusters of different sizes (a diameter of 10 Å, 15 Å and 20 Å). The results showed that Cu atoms will spontaneously segregate towards the grain boundaries and tend to exist in the form of large-sized, low-density Cu clusters at the grain boundaries. When Cu cluster exists at the Σ3{111}(110) grain boundary, the increase in the size of the Cu cluster leads to an increase in the probability of vacancy formation inside the Cu cluster during the tensile process, weakening the breaking strength of the crystal. When the Cu cluster exists at the Σ3{112}(110) grain boundary, the Cu cluster with a diameter of 10 Å will reduce the strain hardening strength of the crystal, but the plastic deformation ability of the crystal will not be affected, and the existence of Cu clusters with a diameter of 15 Å and 20 Å will suppress the structural phase transformation of the crystal, and significantly decrease the plastic deformation ability of the crystal, thereby resulting in embrittlement of the crystal.


2020 ◽  
pp. 152808372092148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansour B Bigdilou ◽  
Reza Eslami-Farsani ◽  
Hossein Ebrahimnezhad-Khaljiri ◽  
Mohammad A Mohammadi

In the present study, the effect of adding various percentage (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.9 wt.%) of carbon nanotubes on the impact properties of hybrid composites reinforced with the different stacking sequence of Kevlar fibers and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene was investigated. The obtained results showed that the composite with the configuration of sandwiched ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene layers by Kevlar layers had the higher impact properties as compared with other hybrid configurations. Adding 0.1 wt.% carbon nanotubes in this configuration was caused to increase the normalized absorbed energy more than 6.5 times. The fracture surface of this configuration showed that the branching and expanding the damage area were the dominant mechanisms for the energy absorption of impactor. Also, the field emission scanning electron microscope illustrated that the carbon nanotubes by bridging, pulling out, and fracturing mechanisms increased the capability of energy absorption in the hybrid composites.


Author(s):  
UA Khashaba ◽  
Ramzi Othman ◽  
Ismael MR Najjar

The present work aims to improve the mechanical properties of Epocast 50-A1/946 epoxy via incorporation of alumina nanoparticles using an ultrasonic agitation method. The optimum weight percentage of alumina nanoparticles was determined based on the improvement in the shear and impact properties of the nanocomposites at room temperature and 50 ℃. Accordingly, neat epoxy panels and nanocomposite panels with 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 wt% alumina nanoparticles were fabricated. The shear and thermo-mechanical impact properties of the panels were measured using an instrumented drop-weight impact machine and an Iosipescu shear test fixture, respectively, according to ASTMs D5379 and D7136. The maximum improvement in shear strength and modulus was 10.9% and 8.1%, respectively, for the nanocomposites containing 1.0 and 1.5 wt% alumina nanoparticles. The predicted shear moduli of the nanocomposites agreed well with the measured values with a maximum error of 6.52%. The optimal performance of impact properties was achieved by incorporating 1.0 wt% of alumina nanoparticles. Namely, the maximum impact-bending stiffness, contact force, and absorbed energy were increased by 12.9%, 13.0%, and 23.4%, respectively. The test temperature of 50 ℃ was found to have a negative effect on the impact-bending stiffness and the maximum contact force. On the other hand, the absorbed energy was increased up to 12.1%.


2011 ◽  
Vol 399-401 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Wen Bin Yu ◽  
Zhi Qian Chen ◽  
Mang Zhang ◽  
Zhou Yu

The precipitation hardening response of as-cast Mg-8Yb-0.5Zr magnesium alloy was investigated in the present work. The microstructure evolution of the alloy illustrated that Mg2Yb intermetallic phase was dissolved by solution heat treatment at 520°C for 12 hours. An apparent precipitation hardening response in Mg-8Yb-0.5Zr was discovered after artificial aging at 150°C, with maximum hardness increment of about 80 percent at the peak condition. It was found that the precipitates of the alloy were in the shape of two conjoined cosh and globe about 50 nm, and precipitated preferentially on grain boundaries and dislocations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
David P. Field

ABSTRACTAlloy 617, a high-temperature creep-resistant, nickel-based alloy, is being considered for the primary heat exchanger for the next generation nuclear plant, which is highly influenced by thermal creep. The main objective of this study is to inspect the crept grain boundaries under its imitated working condition, and to determine which boundaries are susceptible to damage and which are more resistant, in order to help improve its creep resistance in future manufacturing. Electron backscatter diffraction was used to measure the proportions of each boundary by observing and analyzing these crept microstructures. The grain-boundary distribution can be expressed in terms of five parameters including three parameters of lattice misorientation and two parameters of the grain-boundary plane normal. Three conditions were analyzed: the original material, metal that was annealed without stress, and ones that were crept at 1000ºC at 19 MPa and 25 MPa for various times. Though observation, it is found that the voids seldom occur at low angle grain boundaries, and coherent twin boundaries are also resist to creep damage.


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