Deformation twinning during high temperature compression tests of the Ni-base superalloy ATI 718Plus®

Abstract

This study discusses the deformation mechanisms active during high temperature compression tests of the Ni-base superalloy ATI 718Plus®. Deformation twins were observed in deformed grains across a range of temperatures and strain rates by use of transmission electron microscopes (TEM). Even at strain rates as low as 0.01 s−1 and temperatures up to 1025∘C the microstructure contained of grains which deformed by deformation twinning. It was concluded that the low stacking fault energy of the alloy, which was measured to be 15mJm−2 caused the formation of the deformation twins. In addition, several examples of the early stages of twin formation were captured. The twinning partials were in most cases emitted from grain boundaries. In a second instance cross-slip events from a Frank-Read source lead to the formation of partials which formed stacking faults.