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METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 43A, Issue 6, Pages 1902-1910Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-011-1013-4
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- United States Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy
- DOE/OCDO USC Steam Boiler Consortium
- ORNL SHaRE User Center, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, DOE [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
- UT-Battelle, LLC
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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INCONEL alloy 740 is an age-hardenable nickel-based superalloy proposed for advanced ultrasupercritical steam boiler applications operating at high stress and long times above 973 K (700 A degrees C), where creep will be the dominate deformation mode. During high-temperature exposure, the alloy can form eta phase platelets that many have suggested may be detrimental to creep strength and ductility. In this study, creep-rupture tests were conducted on smooth and notched bars of INCONEL alloy 740 at 1023 K (750 A degrees C) for times up to 20,000 hours. Examination of the creep-rupture life, creep ductility, failure modes, and microstructure by quantitative electron microscopy shows that a small amount of eta phase does not diminish the creep performance. Applied stress appears to have a minor effect on the precipitation of the eta phase but not its growth rate. Based on the observation that the microstructure after 20,000 hours of creep exposure has reached equilibrium in comparison to thermodynamic calculations, it is concluded that 20,000 hour creep tests are adequate for prediction of long-term creep performance.
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