High-Temperature Creep Deformation and Fracture Behavior of a Directionally Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy DZ951

The high-temperature creep deformation and fracture behavior of a directionally solidified Ni-base superalloy DZ951 have been investigated over a wide stress range of 110 to 880 MPa at high temperatures (700 degrees C to 1000 degrees C). In this article, the detailed creep deformation and fracture mechanism have been studied. The results show that the creep curves exhibit strong temperature dependence. From transmission election microscopy (TEM) observations, it is suggested that the deformation mechanism is temperature dependent and mainly consists of three dislocation-controlling mechanisms: stacking faults and dislocation-pair shearing, dislocation bowing, and dislocation climbing. It is found that the fracture mode of DZ951 alloy changes from cleavagelike fracture at low temperature to ductile fracture at high temperature. At 700 degrees C, the creep cracks mainly initiate at the surface and propagate along the cleavagelike facets. With increasing temperature, cracks can initiate at the surface, carbide/matrix interface, and cast pore. The growth of microcrack has a direction perpendicular to the stress direction. The creep-rupture data follow the Monkman-Grant relationship in different temperature regions.