US3567526A - Limitation of carbon in single crystal or columnar-grained nickel base superalloys - Google Patents

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US3567526A
US3567526A US725889A US3567526DA US3567526A US 3567526 A US3567526 A US 3567526A US 725889 A US725889 A US 725889A US 3567526D A US3567526D A US 3567526DA US 3567526 A US3567526 A US 3567526A
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  • This invention relates primarily to the strong, hightemperature alloys, particularly the nickel-base superalloys, and to casting compositions for use in the controlled solidification of these superalloys.
  • a nickel-base superalloy is typically a nickel/ chromium solid solution hardened by the additions of aluminum, titanium and/ or niobium to precipitate the intermetallic compound Ni (M) where M is aluminum, titanium, niobium or a combination thereof.
  • Commercial superalloys in addition, usually contain cobalt to raise the solvus temperature of the precipitate, refractory metal additions for solution strengthening, and carbon, boron and zirconium to promote creep-rupture ductility.
  • Carbon has traditionally been employed as a necessary alloying addition in the polycrystalline nickel-base superalloys. Most of the carbon combines with other alloying ingredients such as titanium, chromium, zirconium, niobium and tungsten to form metal carbides in a variety of phases (MC, M C M C and M C the particular phase or phases present depending on the composition and heat treatment. Since the high temperature stress-rupture life and ductility of the superalloys containing carbides are superior to those without the carbides, the carbon alloying additions have, in the past, generally been considered essential in the polycrystalline superalloys. This is confirmed by a recent study by J. P. Stroup and L. A. Pugliese in Metal Progress, vol.
  • alloys heretofore utilized in the various directional solidification processes have been of the same composition as those alloys utilized in the conventional casting techniques and, accordingly, have included the usual carbon alloying additions.
  • Representative nickel-base superalloys and their conventional compositions are set forth below.
  • Alloy designation Composition (percent by weight) MAR-M20O 9 Cr, 10 O0, 2 Ti, 5 Al, 12.5 W, 1 Nb, .015 B, .05 Zr,
  • the present invention relates to the discovery that the carbon content of the columnar-grained and single crystal castings of the nackel-base superalloys should be limited to a maximum of about 100 parts per million (.01 percent by weight).
  • the fatigue properties of the nickel-base superalloys in columnar-grained and single crystal forms can be substantially improved by eliminating the MC-type carbides from the alloy microstructure. This is accomplished by limiting the carbon content of the alloy to a maximum of about 100 parts per million (0.0-1 percent by weight). Such carbon levels may be achieved by melting and casting the superalloys under vacuum without intentionally adding carbon to the alloy. Any carbon that is present is accordingly the result of carbon impurities present in the various elements used in the alloying process. With the carbides no longer required or desired in the alloy, small adjustments may be made to the nominal composition of the various alloys to take into account the fact that certain amounts of the elements are no longer utilized in formation of the carbides. Typical low carbon MAR- M200 and UDIMET 700 compositions are compared in Table -H with the corresponding alloys at their normal chemistry.
  • a unidirectionally-solidified article which consists of a first phase consisting principally of a nickel/ chromium solid solution and a second phase consisting of an intermetallic compound of the composition Ni (M), where M is aluminum, titanium, niobium or a combination there: of and a maximum carbon content of about 0.01 percent, the article being further characterized by the substantial absence of large carbides in the microstructure.
  • a unidirectional cast article of pronounced anistropy which consists of afirst phase principally consisting ola nickel/chromium solid solution and a second phase consisting of an intermetallic compound of nickel with aluminum arid titanium and a maximum carbon content of about 0.01 percent, the article being characterized by the substantial absence of carbides in the microstructure

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US4382838A (en) * 1975-02-28 1983-05-10 Wacker-Chemie Gmbh Novel silicon crystals and process for their preparation
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US3767479A (en) * 1972-02-14 1973-10-23 Gen Electric Multicomponent eutectics for high temperature applications
US4382838A (en) * 1975-02-28 1983-05-10 Wacker-Chemie Gmbh Novel silicon crystals and process for their preparation
DE2821524A1 (de) * 1977-05-25 1978-12-07 United Technologies Corp Waermebehandelter nickelbasissuperlegierungsgegenstand sowie verfahren und zwischeneinkristallgegenstand zu seiner herstellung
US5399313A (en) * 1981-10-02 1995-03-21 General Electric Company Nickel-based superalloys for producing single crystal articles having improved tolerance to low angle grain boundaries
DE3334352A1 (de) * 1982-09-22 1984-03-22 United Technologies Corp., 06101 Hartford, Conn. Wellen mit hohem modul
US4769107A (en) * 1984-07-25 1988-09-06 Heliotronic Forschungs- Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Fur Solarzellen-Grundstoffe Mbh Process and apparatus for the cyclical manufacture of silicon shaped articles
DE3612628A1 (de) * 1986-03-27 1998-11-05 Gen Electric Superlegierungen auf Nickelbasis zur Herstellung von Einkristall-Gegenständen mit verbesserter Kleinwinkel-Korngrenzen-Toleranz
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US4915907A (en) * 1986-04-03 1990-04-10 United Technologies Corporation Single crystal articles having reduced anisotropy
US5573609A (en) * 1987-03-30 1996-11-12 Rockwell International Corporation Hot isostatic pressing of single crystal superalloy articles
US4981528A (en) * 1987-09-16 1991-01-01 Rockwell International Corporation Hot isostatic pressing of single crystal superalloy articles
US5549765A (en) * 1993-03-18 1996-08-27 Howmet Corporation Clean single crystal nickel base superalloy
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US6217286B1 (en) * 1998-06-26 2001-04-17 General Electric Company Unidirectionally solidified cast article and method of making
US20050139295A1 (en) * 2002-08-27 2005-06-30 General Electric Company Method for selecting a reduced-tantalum superalloy composition of matter and article made therefrom
US20040200549A1 (en) * 2002-12-10 2004-10-14 Cetel Alan D. High strength, hot corrosion and oxidation resistant, equiaxed nickel base superalloy and articles and method of making
DE102008036450A1 (de) 2008-08-05 2010-02-11 Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg Labyrinth-Dichtungssteg-Reparaturverfahren für Gasturbinen
US20110165012A1 (en) * 2009-07-29 2011-07-07 Marco Innocenti Nickel-based superalloy, mechanical component made of the above mentioned super alloy, piece of turbomachinery which includes the above mentioned component and related methods
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