Competitive grain growth mechanism in three dimensions during directional solidification of a nickel-based superalloy

Chubin Yang, Lin Liu, Xinbao Zhao, Ning Wang, Jun Zhang, Hengzhi Fu

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Abstract

Stray grains with random orientations were observed at the diverging 〈001〉 corner of the mold wall in the directionally solidified single crystal superalloy AM3. An experimental study, together with the simulation of the ProCAST software, was conducted to investigate the mechanism of competitive growth during the directional solidification with bi-crystal. Based on the results of the experiments and simulations, it was proposed that the factor contributing to the competitive growth was the rotation angle of the unfavorably oriented grain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)577-584
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume578
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Competitive growth
  • Crystal orientation
  • High-temperature alloys
  • Microstructure

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