Mechanism of intermediate temperature embrittlement of ni and ni-based superalloys

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-214

  Zheng, Lei ^a,b   Schmitz, Guido ^b   Meng, Ye ^a   Chellali, Reda ^b   Schlesiger, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

applied stress; fracture mode; grain boundary segregation; intermediate temperature embrittlement; Ni based superalloy; strain rate

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; FRACTURE MODE; GRAIN BOUNDARY SEGREGATION; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; NI-BASED SUPERALLOYS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STRAIN RATE; SUPERALLOYS;

EMBRITTLEMENT;

EID: 84866418207     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2011.613492     Document Type: Review

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