Microstructural change and stress rupture property of Nimonic 105 superalloy for advanced ultra-supercritical power plants

Microstructural change,stress rupture property,deformation and fracture mechanisms of Nimonic 105 superalloy at 750℃have been studied.Experimental results showed that the stress rupture strength of the alloy at 750℃ for 10^(5)h is about 200 MPa.γ'precipitates and M_(23)C_(6)carbides grew gradually with prolonging the rupture time,while no significant change was observed in MC carbide morphology.After stress rupture test at 750℃ and 250 MPa for 23,341 h,a transition from spherical to cuboidal morphology of γ'precipitates was found,and nearly continuous chains of M_(23)C_(6)carbides formed on the grain boundary.Orowan looping and strongly coupled dislocation pairs cutting and microtwinning were the dominant deformation mechanisms at 750℃ and 350-450 MPa,while the main deformation mode was Orowan looping at 750℃ and 250 MPa.The failure of the alloy was mainly attributed to the nucleation,growth and interlinkage of voids.