Phase-field simulation with the CALPHAD method for the microstructure evolution of multi-component Ni-base superalloys

Tomonori Kitashima, Jincheng Wang, Hiroshi Harada

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Abstract

In order to simulate multi-component diffusion in a Ni-base superalloy using the phase-field method, the Gibbs free energy of the γ and γ ′ phases in the quaternary Ni-Al-Re-Ta superalloy system was linked to the CALPHAD method using a four-sublattice model. The free energy curve and phase equilibrium compositions in this work were in good agreement with the results of the Thermo-calc calculation, indicating that the model was successfully linked to the CALPHAD method. A one-dimensional phase-field simulation showed a pileup of Re at the γ / γ ′ interface during the growth of precipitates as well as a spike of the Re concentration in a γ ′ phase, accompanied by precipitate coalescence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-245
Number of pages7
JournalIntermetallics
Volume16
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2008

Keywords

  • B. Phase transformation
  • E. Phase stability, prediction

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