C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 22 – C
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C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
22
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75/16
C22C 19/05 (2006.01) C30B 11/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1337624
There is provided by the present invention nickel-base superalloys for producing single crystal articles having improved tolerance to low angle grain boundaries and an improved balance between cyclic oxidation and hot corrosion resistance. The improved tolerance arises from the discovery that nickel-base superalloys suitable for casting as single crystal articles can be improved by the addition of small, but controlled, amounts of boron and carbon, and optionally hafnium, and is manifested principally by improved grain boundary strength. As one result of this increased grain boundary strength, grain boundary mismatches far greater than the 6° limit for prior art single crystal superalloys can be tolerated in single crystal articles made from the nickel-base superalloys of this invention. This translates, for example, into lower inspection costs and higher casting yields as grain boundaries over a broader range can be accepted by visual inspection techniques without resort to expensive X-ray techniques. These alloys are especially useful when directionally solidified as hot-section components of aircraft gas turbine engines, particularly rotating blades and stationary vanes.
516576
King Warren Tan
Ross Earl Warren
Wukusick Carl Stephen
Company General Electric
Craig Wilson And Company
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