Influence of directional solidification variables on primary dendrite arm spacing of Ni-based superalloy DZ125

摘要

The primary dendrite morphology and spacing of DZ125 superalloy have been observed during directional solidification under high thermal gradient about 500 K/cm.The results reveal that the primary dendrite arm spacing decreases from 94μm to 35.8μm with the increase of directional solidification cooling rate from 2.525 K/s to 36.4 K/s.The regression equation of the primary dendrite arm spacingsλ 1 versus cooling rate is λ 1 =0.013(GV)-0.32.The predictions of Kurz/Fisher model and Hunt/Lu model accord reasonably well with the experimental data.The influence of directional solidi fication rate under variable thermal gradient on the primary dendrite arm spacing has also been investigated.