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Numerical Simulation of Solidification, Homogenization, and Precipitation in an Industrial Ni-Based Superalloy

Rougier, Luc  
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Jacot, Alain
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Gandin, Charles-Andre
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2016
Metallurgical And Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy And Materials Science

A comprehensive simulation approach integrating solidification, homogenization, and precipitation during aging has been used to predict the formation of gamma/gamma' microstructures in the AM1 nickel-based superalloy. The particle size distribution of intradendritic gamma' precipitates after aging was calculated with a multicomponent diffusion model coupled with CALPHAD thermodynamics for the equilibrium at the interface. The influence of residual microsegregation after homogenization and quenching was analyzed through different initial conditions obtained from calculations of the concentration profiles in the primary gamma dendritic microstructure during solidification and the homogenization heat treatment. While the global sequence of precipitation remains qualitatively the same, substantial differences in the final volume fraction of gamma' precipitates were predicted between the core and the periphery of a former dendrite arm, for typical homogenization and aging conditions. To demonstrate the relevance of the developed simulation approach, the model was also used to investigate modified precipitation heat treatments. The simulations showed that relatively short heat treatments based on slow continuous cooling could potentially replace the extended isothermal heat treatments which are commonly used. Slow continuous cooling conditions can lead to similar gamma' precipitates radii and volume fractions, the main differences with isothermal heat treatments lying in a narrower particle size distribution.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s11661-016-3694-1
Web of Science ID

WOS:000385022900030

Author(s)
Rougier, Luc  
Jacot, Alain
Gandin, Charles-Andre
Ponsen, Damien
Jaquet, Virginie
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Springer

Published in
Metallurgical And Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy And Materials Science
Volume

47

Issue

11

Start page

5557

End page

5568

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REVIEWED

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November 21, 2016
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/131371
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