Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 915-920.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-024-01670-8

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Revealing the Void Formation Mechanism during Superplastic Deformation of a Fine-Grained Ni-Co-Base Superalloy

Rashad A. Al-Hammadi1,2, Rui Zhang1(), Chuanyong Cui1(), Zijian Zhou1, Yizhou Zhou1   

  1. 1Shi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    2School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2023-10-12 Revised:2023-11-23 Accepted:2023-12-03 Online:2024-05-10 Published:2024-06-14
  • Contact: Rui Zhang, rzhang@imr.ac.cn; Chuanyong Cui, chycui@imr.ac.cn

Abstract:

The mechanism behind void formation during superplasticity remains a subject of uncertainty. This study presented a novel insight into the void formation in a fine-grained Ni-Co-based superalloy during superplasticity. It was observed that the dissolution of γ′-particles resulted in the creation of vacancies due to differences in atomic size between the matrix and the particles. These vacancies acted as inclusions, leading to the formation of micro-voids. Notably, excessive void formation correlated with higher particle dissolution was experimentally observed, highlighting a direct relationship between void formation and particle dissolution.

Key words: Superplasticity, Void formation, Ni-Co-based superalloy, Microstructure