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Title: Ductile Braze Repairs for Ni-Based Superalloys Using Novel MPEA Filler Metal
The performance of a newly developed multiprincipal-element alloy (MPEA) filler metal for brazing of nickel-based superalloys was directly compared to a conventional boron- and silicon-suppressed filler (BSSF) metal. The comparison was demonstrated on an Alloy 600 substrate with a brazing temperature of 1200°C. Single-phase solidification behavior and the absence of boron and silicon in the MPEA led to a joint microstructure devoid of eutectic constituents or brittle phases in brazes employing this filler metal. In the brazes using the conventional BSSF metal, incomplete isothermal solidification and subsequent athermal solidification of the residual liquid resulted in large particles of a chromium-rich boride phase distributed throughout the microstructure. Tensile testing of brazed butt joints at both room temperature and 600°C testing conditions demonstrated that the MPEA joints exhibited total ductility values at least one order of magnitude greater than that of BSSF joints, but they showed comparable yield strengths in both testing conditions. Fractographic assessment confirmed that boride phases nucleated cracks and resulted in brittle failure in the BSSF joints, while the MPEA joints exhibited extensive ductile microvoid coalescence. Fine-scale porosity and oxide inclusions may be the dominant factors limiting the overall ductility observed in the MPEA brazes.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1847630
PAR ID:
10327660
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Welding Journal
Volume:
101
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0043-2296
Page Range / eLocation ID:
85 to 95
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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