Abstract
The interface morphologies of single crystal superalloy CMSX-2 were studied over a range of cooling rate with large variations in withdrawal speeds in directional solidification. A superfine cellular structure was obtained under both high thermal gradient up to 1000 K/cm and fast withdrawal rate up to 1 mm/s. The high rate directional solidification results in reduction in primary and secondary dendrite arm spacing, refinement of γ′ phase, reduced microsegregation of alloying elements and smaller size of γ–γ′ eutectics. The rupture life and plasticity of fine structure samples produced in high thermal gradient directional solidification increase significantly than that in conventional directional solidification process at 1323 K.
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