1 On the role of boron, carbon and zirconium on hot cracking and creep resistance of additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloys Arthur Després a* , Stoichko Antonov b , Charlotte Mayer c , Catherine Tassin a , Jean-Jacques Blandin a , Paraskevas Kontis b , Guilhem Martin a a Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMaP, F-38000 Grenoble, France b Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany c Aubert et Duval, Usine des Ancizes, Rue des villas, BP1, 63770 Les Ancizes, France Abstract We investigate the hot cracking susceptibility and creep resistance of three versions of a nickel-based superalloy with different contents of boron, carbon and zirconium fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Crack-free and creep resistant components are achieved for alloys with boron, carbon and no zirconium. We then rationalize this result by evaluating how boron, carbon and zirconium are distributed at grain boundaries in the as-built and heat-treated microstructures of an alloy containing all these elements. Observations are conducted by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and atom probe tomography. In the as-built microstructure, boron, carbon and zirconium segregate at high-angle grain boundaries as a result of solute partitioning to the liquid and limited solid-state diffusion during solidification and cooling. After heat- treatment, the amount of boron and carbon segregating at grain boundaries increases significantly. In contrast, zirconium is not found at grain boundaries but it partitions at the γ' precipitates formed during the heat treatment. The presence of zirconium at grain boundaries in the as-built condition is known to be susceptible to enhance hot cracking, while its absence in the heat-treated microstructure strongly suggests that this element has no major effect on the creep resistance. Based on our observations, we propose alloy design guidelines to at the same time avoid hot cracking during fabrication and achieve the required creep performance after heat-treatment. Keywords: additive manufacturing; Ni-based superalloys; hot cracking; creep; grain boundary segregation * Corresponding author, E-mail address: [email protected].
On the role of boron, carbon and zirconium on hot cracking and creep resistance of additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloys
May 28, 2023
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