Hj. Ryu et al., Effect of elastic interaction energy on coarsening of gamma ' precipitatesin a mechanically alloyed ODS Ni-base superalloy, J MATER SCI, 34(2), 1999, pp. 329-336
The coarsening behavior of gamma' precipitates with a uniform size distribu
tion and with a bimodal size distribution in a mechanically alloyed ODS Ni-
base superalloy were investigated to clarify the effect of elastic interact
ion energy on the coarsening behavior of gamma' precipitates. The coarsenin
g rate decreased with increasing size of gamma' precipitates with a uniform
size distribution, contrary to the classical LSW theory, and the coarsenin
g behavior of gamma' precipitates with a bimodal size distribution exhibite
d Ostwald ripening in which the larger precipitates grow at the expense of
smaller precipitates. The driving force for coarsening of gamma' precipitat
es was analyzed based on the two-particle model, considering the effect of
elastic interaction energy in addition to the effect of interfacial energy.
The contribution of elastic interaction energy on the total energy was fou
nd to increase with increasing size of precipitates, and the decelerated co
arsening of gamma' precipitates was attributed to the decrease in the drivi
ng force for coarsening with increasing size of precipitates. (C) 1999 Kluw
er Academic Publishers.