Characterization of Hot Deformation Behavior of Hastelloy C-276 Using Constitutive Equation and Processing Map

In order to clarify the microstructural evolution and workability of Hastelloy C-276 during hot forming to get excellent mechanical properties, the hot deformation behavior of this superalloy is characterized. The cylindrical specimens were isothermal compressed in the temperature range of 1000-1200 °C and strain rate range of 0.001-5 s⁻¹ on a Gleeble 1500 thermal-mechanical simulator. The flow curves and microstructural investigation indicates that dynamic recrystallization is the prime softening mechanism at the evaluated deformation conditions. The constitutive equation was presented as a function of the deformation temperature, strain rate, and strain, and the deformation activation energy was about 450 kJ/mol. The processing maps based on dynamic materials model at the strains of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 were established, and the processing map at 1.0 strain shows good correspondence to the microstructural observation. The domains in processing map in which the efficiency of power dissipation (η) is higher than 0.25 are corresponding to sufficient dynamic recyrstallization phenomenon, which are suggested to be the optimum working areas for Hastelloy C-276.