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Nanoparticle Additions Improve the Corrosion Performance of Ni-Cr-Fe-Based Cast Superalloys

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The present work investigated the influence of TiC nanoparticles on the microstructure and corrosion performance of a cast superalloy K4169. The eutectic Laves phase is reduced and the as-cast grain size is refined by adding 0.02 wt.% TiC. The formation of δ phases (Ni3Nb) during heat treatments is also suppressed. Thus, the K4169 superalloy with TiC nanoparticles shows better corrosion resistance in sulfuric acid solution (10 vol.% H2SO4 solution). This work provides a strategy to effectively improve the corrosion resistance of conventional cast superalloys.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51790483).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China

    Shengwei Sun, Qichuan Jiang & Qinglong Zhao

  2. Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, No. 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China

    Shengwei Sun, Litao Zhang, Xiao Liu, Wei Jin, Qichuan Jiang & Qinglong Zhao

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Sun, S., Zhang, L., Liu, X. et al. Nanoparticle Additions Improve the Corrosion Performance of Ni-Cr-Fe-Based Cast Superalloys. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 8154–8161 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07710-7

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