Authors: Chester T Sims
Publish Date: 2017/01/12
Volume: 18, Issue: 10, Pages: 1119-1130
Abstract
Nickelbase alloys as designed for gas turbine use have reached an interesting new level of technology Where previously the main thrust of effort had been to improve mechanical capability the problems of alloy phase stability and hot corrosion now control much alloy development principally because of the need for increased alloy life and because gas turbines are being used in a wide variety of ambients Fundamental and applied studies of hot corrosion phenomena are beginning to allow understanding and progress towards solution of the problem Sodium sulfate has been the key reactant in the case of nickel alloys Chromium as an alloying element helps inhibit hot corrosion while molybdenum and aluminum appear to be a problemUtilizing basic concepts to apply knowledge of the tendency of solid solutions to form unwanted TCP phases which destroy strength and disrupt ductility combined with background information on the phases normally found in nickel alloys a computer system to predict TCP phase formation has been developed The system called Phacomp can classify and separate most nickelbase alloys predicting whether they are free or prone from the deleterious phasesPhacomp is and can be used to control or to evaluate production heats of superalloys It can also be used as an alloy development tool obviating much alloy preparation and testing focusing attention on the stable compositions of interest It may also have a future in other alloy systems
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