Abstract
Severe plastic deformation during Friction Stir Processing (FSP) of an IN738 Ni-based superalloy was studied by means of X-ray polychromatic microdiffraction, EBSD, scanning electron and optical microscopies. Modeling of the physical properties and phase composition was also performed. Several distinct zones are formed during FSP including a stir zone (SZ), a thermal-mechanical affected zone (TMAZ) and a heat affected zone (HAZ). Each zone has distinct microstructure after FSP. The initial dendrite structure is preserved in the HAZ, while strengthening γ′-phase particles partially dissolve and coagulate. Plastic deformation of the base material dendrites takes place in the TMAZ and a large number of geometrically necessary dislocations are formed. The extent of deformation increases toward the SZ and the dendrite structure is completely destroyed in the SZ and replaced by a fine submicrocrystallinne microstructure.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10-19 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Materials Science and Engineering: A |
| Volume | 524 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 25 2009 |
Funding
Experimental research is supported by the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Office of Basic Energy Science and the ORNL SHARE user facility, U.S. Department of Energy. Synchrotron measurements on Unicat beamline 34-ID at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), were also supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science.
Keywords
- EBSD
- Friction stir processing
- Ni-based superalloy
- X-ray diffraction