Abstract:
Thermal exposure test of a newly developed Ni-Cr-Co base superalloy was carried out at 850℃ for 5000h. The microstructures of the samples before and after thermal exposure were tested and characterized by SEM and tensile testing machine. The effects of exposure time on the mechanical property and microstructure were also studied. The results show that the microstructure was consisted of MC, M23C6 and ϒ′ precipitation. With the exposure time, the size of ϒ increases gradually and M23C6 slightly coarsens. The ultimate strength increases firstly and then decreases, but the fluctuation is slight. The change of microstructure and mechanical property indicate that a newly developed Ni-Cr-Co base superalloy has good microstructure stability at 850℃/5000h.