Effect of cooling rates of solution treatment on rejuvenation heat-treated microstructures of a cast nickel-based superalloy
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Chuleeporn Paa-rai
Dr. Chuleeporn Paa-ari, born in 1981, is a Lecturer in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand. She recieved her PhD in Metallic Materials at The University of Manchester, UK, in 2016. Her areas of expertise include heat treatment of metals and materials characterization.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gobboon Lothongkum, born in 1960, is a Professor and member of the Innovative Metals Research Unit. He served as Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2019. He received his Dr.-Ing. degree from the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany and the International Welding Engineer Certificate of the International Institute of Welding in 1994 and 2006, respectively His areas of expertise include the corrosion of metals and alloys, welding and metal joining, stainless steel and high temperature materials.
Assistant Prof. Dr. Panyawat Wangyao, born in 1971, is a member of the Innovative Metals Research Unit. He served as Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand from 2011 to 2015. He received his PhD in Physical Metallurgy from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, in 2002. His research areas of expertise include high temperature materials such as superalloys, super stainless steel as well as powder metallurgy of alloys.
Abstract
IN-738 turbine blade samples, deteriorated after long term service at high temperatures, were solution heat-treated at two temperatures, 1398 K and 1473 K, for 7.2 ks. Subsequently, the samples were cooled down in different atmospheres, in air and in furnace, for the purpose of studying the effects of different cooling media (rates) on the restored microstructures. Following this, the samples were aged at 1118 K for 43.2 ks and 86.4 ks in order to determine the characteristic of re-precipitated gamma prime particles. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) and ImageJ analysis software were used. The results show that the cooling in air provided gamma prime particles re-precipitating in spherical shape while the cooling in a furnace resulted in coarse gamma prime particles re-precipitating in irregular shape. The samples solutionized at 1398 K for 7.2 ks cooled down in air and then aging at 1118 K provided bimodal microstructure, while the sample solutionized at 1473 K for 7.2 ks, followed by air cooling and aging at 1118 K generated unimodal γ’ precipitation in spherical shape. Cooling in a furnace provides coarse γ’ recipitated particles in more irregular shape for the both solutionizing temperatures studied here. Cooling in a furnace provides coarse γ’ precipitated particles in more irregular shape for the both solutionizing temperatures studied here.
About the authors
Dr. Chuleeporn Paa-ari, born in 1981, is a Lecturer in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand. She recieved her PhD in Metallic Materials at The University of Manchester, UK, in 2016. Her areas of expertise include heat treatment of metals and materials characterization.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gobboon Lothongkum, born in 1960, is a Professor and member of the Innovative Metals Research Unit. He served as Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2019. He received his Dr.-Ing. degree from the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany and the International Welding Engineer Certificate of the International Institute of Welding in 1994 and 2006, respectively His areas of expertise include the corrosion of metals and alloys, welding and metal joining, stainless steel and high temperature materials.
Assistant Prof. Dr. Panyawat Wangyao, born in 1971, is a member of the Innovative Metals Research Unit. He served as Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand from 2011 to 2015. He received his PhD in Physical Metallurgy from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, in 2002. His research areas of expertise include high temperature materials such as superalloys, super stainless steel as well as powder metallurgy of alloys.
Acknowledgement
This work was financially supported by National Research Council of Thailand and Naresuan University, Thailand under the contract No. R2562B018.
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- Frontmatter
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- Effect of cooling rates of solution treatment on rejuvenation heat-treated microstructures of a cast nickel-based superalloy
- Component-oriented testing and simulation
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- Materialography
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- Materials testing for welding and additive manufacturing applications
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- Ultra-sonic testing
- Ultrasonic C-scan techniques for the evaluation of impact damage in CFRP
- Component-oriented testing and simulation
- Optimum structural design of seat frames for commercial vehicles
- Wear testing
- Investigation of wear on the upper edges of webs of thin-film coated single-screw extruders processing pure polymers
- Materials testing for welding and additive manufacturing applications
- The corrosion behavior of marine aluminum alloy MIG welded joints in a simulated tropical marine atmosphere
- Component-oriented testing and simulation
- A new Hybrid Taguchi-salp swarm optimization algorithm for the robust design of real-world engineering problems
- Fatigue testing
- Preparation and fatigue behavior of graphene-based aerogel/epoxy nanocomposites
- Component-oriented testing and simulation
- Manufacturing of Al-Li-Si3N4 metal matrix composite for weight reduction
- Materials testing for welding and additive manufacturing applications
- Strength of double-reinforced adhesive joints
- Production-oriented testing
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