EFFECT OF NITROGEN ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ALLOY HK50

The volume fraction of the lamellar carbide cell in HK50 alloy may be increased with the in-crease of nitrogen content over 0.065%.The habit plane of lmellar carbide is {111}_γ.Thedistribution of nitrogen changes no more before or after the precipitation of lamellar structure.The diffusion activation energy of carbon reduces remarkably with the increase of nitrogencontent.It is believed that the lamellar carbide cell is harmful to the high temperature creepand impact properties of the alloy.