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The recrystallization of nickel-base superalloys

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The effects of recrystallization on the γ′ distribution in four nickel-base superalloys of varying γ′ volume fraction (Nimonics PE16, 80A and 115, and Udimet 720) have been studied by transmission electron microscopy. These effects are explained in terms of high solubility and diffusivity in the recrystallization interface, and it is suggested that high diffusivity assumes greater importance as the amount of solute dissolved in the boundary increases. Some attention is given to the nucleation of recrystallization. It is shown that in one of the alloys (Udimet 720), nucleation at grain boundaries involves subgrain coalescence. Subsequent growth of the nucleus occurs by strain-induced boundary migration.

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Porter, A., Ralph, B. The recrystallization of nickel-base superalloys. J Mater Sci 16, 707–713 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02402788

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