Microstructural evolution of a nickel-based superalloy

Superalloys are indispensable for the superior perfomance and efficien of jet engine turbine disks,turbine blades,combustors,roket shells and many other devices and components used in various industries, in Cluding nuclear, space and aeronautics. Over the last thirty years,nickel-base superalloys has undergone more structural studies than any other superalloy as a result of attempts to correlate its properties to microstructure and heat treatment. To avoid contradictory or inconsistent findings, it is also necessary a carefully microstructural observation of the employed starting materials. In the present paper,we report morphologies relating to the as cast , forged and heat-treated Ni-base superalloy by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. This superalloy contain intermettallic compounds and carbides. The alloy in study was an as cast and also forged Ni-Fe based superalloy with the following chemical composition: