Abstract
To clarify the effect of solution heat-treatment on the oxidation resistance of Ni-base single-crystal superalloy TMS-238, the evaluation of dendrite/inter-dendrite segregation of alloying elements in the as-cast and heat-treated samples, and its effect on cyclic oxidation resistance were investigated. Cyclic oxidation test results at 1100 °C for up to 150 cycles clearly showed that the as-cast samples with element segregations had lower oxidation resistance compared to heat-treated samples with homogeneous structure. Further, for the as-cast sample, rapid growth and spallation of oxide consisting of NiO, Cr2O3, and Al2O3 were observed around the dendrite core for 10 cycles of oxidation. Analysis of sub-surface on sample isothermally oxidized at 1100 °C for 10 minutes showed that rapid oxide growth is due to the formation of discontinuous Al2O3 layer at dendrite core with lower Al concentration. Furthermore, in this study, the threshold value of Al concentration and Gibbs energy for the formation of continuous Al2O3 layer were estimated and determined to be around 5.2 wt pct and − 556.6 ± 0.5 kJ/mol, respectively. This indicated that the solution heat-treatment for TMS-238 should be conducted above 1305 °C for exhibiting oxidation resistance at 1100 °C, to meet the threshold value within the whole region between dendrite and inter-dendrite.
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