Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2011, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (5): 365-372.DOI: 10.11890/1006-7191-115-365
姜卫国1,杨明川1,楼琅洪2,侯凤华3,3,胡壮麒4
Weiguo JIANG, Mingchuan YANG, Langhong LOU, Fenghua HOU,Zhuangqi HU
摘要: A novel grain refiner composed of nickel, tungsten and yttria was prepared by powder metallurgy way. The microstructure of the refiner alloy was studied by optical microscope (OM), scanning electronic microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscope (EDS). The refinement process was simplized and the casting thermal parameter was controlled easily by direct addition of the refiner into the melt experimental alloy. It was shown that the alloy grain could be refined by addition of refiner apparently even at high pouring temperature. The average grain size of the refiner free alloy was 4mm, while it was only 0.4mm in the refined alloy. The fine-grain superalloy has excellent mechanical properties at intermediate temperature. At last, the refinement mechanism was discussed.