ABSTRACT
The present study investigates the properties and microstructure evolution of MA 6000, a nickel-based alloy produced by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering (SPS), a powder processing technique in metallurgy. This study aims to explore the potential of MA 6000 as a high-temperature material for industrial applications. Modified MA 6000 samples of different powder sizes were sintered in a high-vacuum environment at temperatures ranging from 800 to 1100°C. At 800°C, the cohesion between powder particles was not significant, resulting in low-density samples. However, at 1000°C, the samples consisted of many fully sintered regions related to finer powder particles, while no specific morphology was observed at 1050°C. The image quality and inverse pole figure (IQ-IPF) map indicated that the grains were distributed randomly in all sintered samples, and the average distribution of grain size of samples sintered at 1050°C was larger than that of those sintered at 1000°C.
Acknowledgment
This study is based upon work supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea) under the Industrial Technology Innovation Program. No. 20017647, ‘Development of oxide dispersion strengthened superalloy materials and manufacturing technology for hypersonic engines’.
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Dinh Van Cong
Dinh Van Cong, Ph.D. course Student, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan.
Dong-Wan Lee
Dong-Wan Lee, Ph.D. course Student, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan.
Su-Gwan Lee
Su-Gwan Lee, Mater course Student, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan.
Jin-Woo Kim
Jin-Woo Kim, Researcher, Research Laboratories, DaiShinKangup Co., Ltd.
Hwi-Jun Kim
Hwi-Jun Kim, Ph.D., Principle Researcher, Liquid Processing & Casting Technology R&D Division, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology.
Joong-Gyeong Lim
Joong-Gyeong Lim, Principle Researcher, Research Laboratories, DaiShinKangup Co., Ltd.
Tae-Shik Yoon
Tae-Shik Yoon, Ph.D., Principle Researcher, Research Laboratories, DaiShinKangup Co., Ltd.
Jin-Chun Kim
Jin-Chun Kim, Ph.D., Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan.