Formation mechanism of abnormally large grains in a polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy during heat treatment processing

Controlling the final grain size in a uniform manner in powder metallurgy nickel-based superalloys is important since a number of mechanical properties are closely related to it. However, it has been widely documented that powder metallurgy superalloys are prone to suffer from growth of abnormally large grains (ALGs) during supersolvus heat treatment, which is harmful to in-service mechanical performance. The underlying mechanisms behind the...