Abstract
Grain competitive growth of nickel-based single-crystal superalloys during directional solidification was investigated. A detailed characterization of bi-crystals’ competitive growth was performed to explore the competitive grain evolution. It was found that high withdrawal rate improved the efficiency of grain competitive growth. The overgrowth rate was increased when the misorientation increased. Four patterns of grain competitive growth with differently oriented dispositions were characterized. The results indicated that the positive branching of the dendrites played a significant role in the competitive growth process. The effect of crystal orientation and heat flow on the competitive growth can be attributed to the blocking mechanism between the adjacent grains.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 793-800 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 25 Aug 2015 |