In the present study, the effects of magnesium on the microstructural characteristics and stress-rupture properties of the Hastelloy X superalloy were investigated. In this regard, four alloys with different amounts of magnesium (0, 17, 33, 47 ppm) were cast via the vacuum induction melting and then purified via the electro slag remelting. Microstructural observations were carried out through optical and scanning electron microscopes, and phase analysis was performed by X-ray diffraction. The stress rupture test was carried out at 815 °C/130 MPa. The results showed an almost significant effect of magnesium on decreasing grain size and sulfur content and increasing M6C carbides volume fraction. Magnesium changed the morphology of carbides from the course and continue to finely divide one. Mg segregated at the grain and carbide boundary decreases the lattice parameters of the matrix and changes the composition of M6C. Magnesium increased the rupture life by 46%. The most important causes for improving the rupture life of the Hastelloy X in the presence of magnesium are the increasing carbides volume fraction, improving its morphology, and decreasing sulfur content. تفاصيل المقالة

This study investigates the low-cycle fatigue of Nimonic105 alloy with boron and zirconium of 0.003-0.013 wt.% and 0.0-0.16 wt.%, respectively at 750 °C. The fatigue test results indicated that the alloy with boron of 0.013 wt.% had the highest fatigue life of 400 cycles, while the base alloy showed the lowest fatigue life of 21 cycles at 2% strain amplitudes. For the alloy with 0.16 wt.% Zr, and the alloy with 0.08 wt.% Zr and 0.006 wt.% B, cyclic-hardening occurred at a constant slope. Then, hardening followed a nonlinear procedure at a reducing rate. Finally, softening and fracture happened. For 0.013 wt.% Zr alloy, however, the diagram reached a stable state or slow cyclic-softening and failed after a relatively short period of cyclic -softening. The Coffin-Manson equations’ parameters verified the increased flexibility due to the addition of B. to be a factor in improving high-temperature LCF strength. The investigation of the samples’ fracture surfaces indicated that the intergranular fracture of the base alloy with the lowest fatigue life became intergranular and transgranular fracture in the alloy with 0.16 ‌wt.% Zr content and the alloy with 0.08 wt.% Zr content and 0.006 wt.% B contents. Also, 0.013 wt.% B alloy with the highest fatigue life showed a completely transgranular fracture. تفاصيل المقالة