Characterization of hot workability of IN617B alloy using activation energy, Zener-Hollomon parameter and hot processing maps

In order to predict the hot workability of the material more accurately, this paper takes the hot deformation of IN617B as the example. The activation energy (Q) map, Zener-Hollomon parameter (Z) map, and hot processing map were established based on the hot compression tests conducted at 950–1200 °C and 0.01–5 s−1. It was found that the area with high power dissipation values (denoted by η) in the hot processing map did not match the complete dynamic recrystallization (DRX) region completely. However, the microstructure corresponding to the high η area and low Z and Q area exhibited higher DRX. Therefore, the optimal hot processing region for this alloy was determined to be 1200 °C/0.1 s−1/0.8. Under this parameter, the DRX mechanism of IN617B alloy was dominated by discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX), supplemented by small amounts of continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) and twinning dynamic recrystallization (TDRX).