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Microstructural Changes During Long-Term Tension Creep of Two-Phase γ-Titanium Aluminide Alloys
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
Long-term tension creep tests were performed on a Ti-48 at.% Al-2 at.% Cr alloy in order to assess the material behaviour under the intended service conditions for structural parts in turbine engines. Deformation processes and microstructural changes were investigated by TEM on a specimen loaded to 140 MPa for 5988 h at 700 °C. At lamellar boundaries the emission of interfacial dislocations was observed and is thought to contribute significantly to the high primary creep rate of the material. Under the creep conditions gliding dislocations apparently become locked by the heterogeneous formation of precipitates along their cores. Lamellar interfaces revealed ledges which indicates that they migrate during creep.
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