Evolution of microstructures at a wide range of solidification cooling rate in a Ni-based superalloy

The evolution of microstructures at a wide range of solidification cooling rate in a Ni-based superalloy was investigated by employing conventional casting, spray casting and melt spinning processes. Depending on solidification cooling rate, microstructures sequentially show planar, cellular, dendritic, the dendritic growth suppressed features (in melt spinning process) and the shapes of γ′ precipitates progressively exhibit irregular (planar...