Volume Fractions of Tantalum Carbides Deduced from the Ta Contents in the Matrix of Three 1250°C–Aged Cobalt–Based Alloys; Comparison with Thermodynamic Calculations

Patrice Berthod
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Patrice Berthod: Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France

Scientific Review, 2020, vol. 6, issue 7, 53-61

Abstract: Some superalloys for service at high temperature under stresses are strengthened by tantalum carbides. Their creep resistance depends on the quantity of TaC and this is the reason why it is often important to control the volume fraction of these carbides in the microstructure. Metallographic preparation followed by electron imaging and surface fraction measurements by image analysis is a frequent way for that. Another possibility is to deduce the mass fraction of TaC, and after their volume fraction, from the chemical composition of the matrix when the alloys are only double–phased, on the {matrix + TaC} type. In this work three alloys – chemically designed to be made exclusively of matrix and TaC – were elaborated and isothermally exposed to an elevated temperature for a duration long enough to allow the alloys being at their thermodynamic equilibria. The chemical compositions of the alloy and of its matrix were measured and the results allowed evaluating their TaC mass fractions which were converted in volume fractions. The obtained TaC fractions were compared to results issued from thermodynamic calculations. Good agreement was found for the three alloys, and this allowed to exploit the used software and thermodynamic database to explore further the microstructures at the same high temperature, notably to know the conditions on the Co, Ni, Cr, Ta and C contents to keep the {matrix + TaC} structure and to avoid any possible partial melting.

Keywords: Co–based alloys; Elevated temperature; TaC volume fraction; Thermodynamic Calculations. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.32861/sr.67.53.61

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