Nickel-based superalloy and parts made from said superalloy
AssigneeAubert & Duval
InventorsAlexandre Devaux, Philippe Heritier
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Abstract
A nickel superalloy has the following composition, the concentrations of the different elements being expressed as wt-%: Formula (I), the remainder consisting of nickel and impurities resulting from the production of the superalloy. In addition, the composition satisfies the following equation, wherein the concentrations of the different elements are expressed as atomic percent: Formula (II).
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A process for the preparation of a part comprising manufacturing a part from a nickel-based superalloy of the following composition, the contents of the various elements being expressed as weight percentages:
- 1.3%≤Al≤2.8%;
- trace amounts≤Co≤11%;
- 14%≤Cr≤17%;
- trace amounts≤Fe≤12%;
- 2%≤Mo≤5%;
- 0.5%≤Nb+Ta≤2.5%;
- 2.5%≤Ti≤4.5%;
- 1%≤W≤4%;
- 0.0030%≤B≤0.030%;
- trace amounts≤C≤0.1%;
- 0.01%≤Zr≤0.06%;
- the remainder consisting of nickel and impurities resulting from the production,
- and such that the composition satisfies the following equations wherein the contents are expressed as atomic percentages:
- 8≤Al at %+Ti at %+Nb at %+Ta at %≤11
- 0.7≤(Ti at %+Nb at %+Ta at %)/Al % at %≤1.3,
- wherein the superalloy comprises a gamma′ phase fraction comprised between 30 and 44%, and the solvus of the gamma′ phase of the superalloy is less than 1,145° C.
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