PLASTIC DEFORMATION AND DISLOCATION STRUCTURE IN γ''''-PHASE OF A DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED Ni-BASE SUPERALLOY

The dislocation structure of directionally solidified(DS)Rene 80 superalloy during tensileand creep deformation has been studied by TEM.In tensile deformation,γ'shearing occurs byslip of APB-coupled(1/2)<110>dislocation pairs on{111}planes at temperatures below760℃.and by slip of SISF-seperated(1/3)<112>superpartials which have dissociated on{111}planes into a(1/2)<110>screw superpartial and a(1/6)<112>edgesuperpartial with an APB in between at temperatures equal to or above 760℃.In creepdeformation,γ'shearing occurs again by slip of SISF-seperated(1/3)<112>superpartialswhich have not dissociated on{111}planes and by diffusive slip of APB-coupled(1/2)<110>dislocation pairs at 760℃,618 MPa.However,no γ'shearing occurs at 980℃,190MPa.During secondary creep at 760℃,618 MPa or at 980℃,190 MPa,2-dimensional net-works have formed at γ/γ'interfaces,and the strain is mainly the result of diffusion control-led climb of dislocation networks at γ/γ'interfaces.The dependence of secondary creep rate εupon size a and volume fraction v_■ of cubic γ' has been found to be ■∝α/v_f~(2/3).