Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14040784
Keywords
nickel-based superalloys; nanoporous membrane; load-free coarsening; porous materials; metallic membrane
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [RO 2045/36-1]
- Open Access Publication Funds of Technische Universitat Braunschweig
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The study introduces a method for producing nanoporous superalloy membranes and discusses the mechanical properties of polycrystalline membranes, finding that their strength exceeds that of single-crystalline membranes despite the significantly higher pore volume content.
Nanoporous superalloy membranes are a functional extension of the use of nickel-based alloys. The material, which is usually used for high-temperature applications, consists mainly of the two phases gamma and gamma '. Through coarsening of the precipitates and thus forming of a bicontinuous gamma/gamma ' network, membranes can be produced by removing either of these phases. From the single-crystalline alloy CMSX-4, the bicontinuous network can be formed either thermo-mechanically by directional coarsening of coherent precipitates or by load-free coalescence of incoherent precipitates. Recent investigations have shown that membranes also can be produced from polycrystalline starting material in both ways. In this article, the process route for membranes by load-free coarsening of incoherent gamma ' precipitates from a carbon-free version of the polycrystalline alloy Nimonic 115 is presented. This manufacturing method has the advantage of its simplicity and in comparison to single-crystalline membranes it can be realized in larger scales. We discuss the microstructure and show the mechanical properties by means of tensile tests. Despite the grain boundaries as a mechanical weak link, polycrystalline membranes show promising mechanical properties. Their strength even exceeds that of the single-crystalline membranes despite the significantly higher pore volume content.
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