BCC dual phase refractory superalloy with high phase stability and manufacturing method therefore

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11512371-B2
Application number	US-202016996787-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2020
Priority date	Mar 27, 2020
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed are a BCC dual phase refractory superalloy with high phase stability and a manufacturing method therefor, the alloy comprising one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf as Group 4 transition metals, one or more of Na and Ta as Group 5 transition metals, and Al, and having a structure of a BCC phase, wherein the BCC phase is composed of a disordered BCC phase and an ordered BCC phase, and wherein the ordered BCC phase is formed by allowing Al, which is a BCC phase forming element, to be soluted in an area of the BCC phase where the contents of the Group 5 transition metals are more than those of the Group 4 transition metals, so that the present disclosure provides a BCC dual phase refractory superalloy with high phase stability, characterized in that when a BCC dual phase with the ordered BCC phase and the disordered BCC phase separated from each other is formed by aging, the aging condition is precisely controlled through the apex temperature (Tc) of the BCC phase miscibility gap, expressed by (Equation 1) below.Tc(K)=881.4+331.7*x+546.7*y+893.0*x*z (provided that, 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤0.2, 0≤x+y≤1, and 0≤z≤1)  (Equation 1)

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A BCC dual phase refractory superalloy, which comprises one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf as Group 4 transition metals, one or more of Na and Ta as Group 5 transition metals, and Al, and has a structure of a BCC phase,
wherein the BCC phase is composed of a disordered BCC phase and an ordered BCC phase, and
wherein the ordered BCC phase is formed by allowing Al, which is a BCC phase forming element, to be soluted in an area of the BCC phase where the contents of the Group 5 transition metals are more than those of the Group 4 transition metals,
wherein the BCC dual phase refractory superalloy complies with a composition of ((Ti1-x-yZrxHfy)1-a(Nb1-zTaz)a)100-bAlb(0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤0.2, 0≤x+y≤1, 0≤z≤1, 0.4≤a≤0.7, and 5≤b≤20 at. %).

2. The BCC dual phase refractory superalloy of claim 1 , which has an apex temperature (Tc) of a BCC phase miscibility gap, expressed by (Equation 1) below:
Tc( K )=881.4+331.7* x+ 546.7* y+ 893.0* x*z (provided that, 0≤ x ≤1, 0≤ y≤ 0.2, 0≤ x+y≤ 1, and 0≤ z≤ 1).  (Equation 1)

3. The BCC dual phase refractory superalloy of claim 2 , which is formed by a composition of (Equation 2) below and has high phase stability at high temperatures in a BCC dual phase due to the apex temperature (Tc) of the BCC phase miscibility gap being 800° C. or higher.
((Ti1-x-yZrxHfy)1- a (Nb1-zTaz) a )100-bAlb (provided that, 0.3≤ x ≤1, 0≤ y ≤0, 0≤ x+y ≤1, 0.4 ≤ z ≤1, 0.4≤ a ≤0.7, and 5≤ b ≤20 at. %)  (Equation 2)

4. The BCC dual phase refractory superalloy of claim 2 , which is formed by a composition of (Equation 3) below and has a BCC dual phase with high phase stability at ultra-high temperatures due to the apex temperature (Tc) of the BCC phase miscibility gap being 1000° C. or higher.
((Ti1-x-yZrxHfy)1- a (Nb1-zTaz) a )100-bAlb (provided that, 0.5≤ x ≤1, 0≤ y ≤0.2, 0≤ x+y≤ 1, 0.5≤ z≤ 1, 0.4≤ a≤ 0.7, and 5≤ b≤ 20 at. %)  (Equation 3)

5. The BCC dual phase refractory superalloy of claim 2 , wherein the BCC dual phase is formed with an ordered BCC phase and a disordered BCC phase separated from each other through a spinodal decomposition behavior.

6. The BCC dual phase refractory superalloy of claim 1 , wherein the ordered BCC phase has an average particle size of 0.01-100 μm, and thus the strength and elongation of the refractory superalloy are controllable according to the size of a precipitate phase.

7. A BCC dual phase refractory superalloy, which comprises one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf as Group 4 transition metals, one or more of Na and Ta as Group 5 transition metals, and Al, and has a structure of a BCC phase,
wherein the BCC phase is composed of a disordered BCC phase and an ordered BCC phase,
wherein the ordered BCC phase is formed by allowing Al, which is a BCC phase forming element, to be soluted in an area of the BCC phase where the contents of the Group 5 transition metals are more than those of the Group 4 transition metals,
wherein the BCC dual phase refractory superalloy comprises a composition of ((Ti1x-yZrxHfy)1-a(Nb1-zTaz)a)100-bAlb (0≤x<1, 0≤y≤0.2, 0≤x+y≤1, 0≤z≤1, 0.4≤a≤0.7and 5≤b≤20at. %), and
wherein 10 at. % or less of (Nb and Ta) are replaced by (Mo and W).

8. A BCC dual phase refractory superalloy, which comprises one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf as Group 4 transition metals, one or more of Na and Ta as Group 5 transition metals, and Al, and has a structure of a BCC phase,
wherein the BCC phase is composed of a disordered BCC phase and an ordered BCC phase, and
wherein the ordered BCC phase is formed by allowing Al, which is a BCC phase forming element, to be soluted in an area of the BCC phase where the contents of the Group 5 transition metals are more than those of the Group 4 transition metals,
wherein the BCC dual phase refractory superalloy comprises a composition of ((Ti1-x-yZrxHfy)1-a(Nb1-zTaz)a)100-bAlb (0≤x<1, 0≤y≤0.2, 0≤x+y≤1, 0≤z≤1, 0.4≤a≤0.7, and 5≤b≤20 at. %,
wherein one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cr and Si are added in 5 at. % or less compared with the entire alloy composition to improve oxidation resistance.

Assignees

• Seoul Nat Univ R&Db Foundation

Inventors

• Park Eun Soo
• Kim Sang Jun
• Kim Ji Young
• Oh Hyun Seok
• Yoon Kook Noh

Classifications

• C22C30/00 Primary

  Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent · CPC title

• C22C1/026 Primary

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• C22C21/00

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• C22F1/16

  of other metals or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C22C27/02 Primary

  Alloys based on vanadium, niobium, or tantalum · CPC title