Experimental Analysis on the Morphology and Composition of Inclusions in K452 Superalloy
The variety,quantity,size and shape of inclusions in K452 superalloy and the distance between inclusions in the al-loy would have a serious impact on their properties.In this paper,the inclusion in K452 alloy was separated by electrolysis.The non-metallic inclusions in superalloy were studied by SEM and XRD.Then the obtained inclusions were quantitatively an-alyzed.The results show that the main components of the inclusions are AlNi3,Cr23C6,MnN2,Al2O3,aluminum oxides and iron compounds.The mass percentage of inclusions in the alloy is 1.57%.The morphology of inclusions is flocculent,massive,spinel,cone,and so on.The size range of inclusions is from 5 μm to 200 μm.The presence of large size inclusions would sig-nificantly reduce the service life of parts.