Elemental partitioning, mechanical and oxidation behaviour of two high-gamma-prime W-free gamma/gamma-prime polycrystalline Co/Ni superalloys

Abstract

Cr-containing W-free Co alloys that form strengthening precipitates in an fcc γ matrix are presented to examine the effect of Ta and Nb additions to increase the strength, solvus temperature and gamma prime fraction. The alloys are found to have relatively low density, good oxidation resistance (<0.5 μm scale at 800 °C for 100 h) with coherent Al2O3 and Cr2O3 scales, and reasonable yield strengths, ∼800 MPa. The phase partitioning, measured by atom probe tomography, was found to be similar to W-containing Co/Ni superalloys, with Mo partitioning to the matrix providing solid solution strengthening.