Liu Yu,Zhang Xiaoman,Xu Wenliang.Analysis of Solidification Microstructure and Segregation Tendency of Large N08120 Nickel-Based Alloy Ingot[J].Special Steel,2026,47(04):67-73.
Liu Yu,Zhang Xiaoman,Xu Wenliang.Analysis of Solidification Microstructure and Segregation Tendency of Large N08120 Nickel-Based Alloy Ingot[J].Special Steel,2026,47(04):67-73.DOI: 10.20057/j.1003-8620.N250610.
Analysis of Solidification Microstructure and Segregation Tendency of Large N08120 Nickel-Based Alloy Ingot
The demand for large-scale high-end equipment has imposed more stringent requirements on the microstructure and segregation control of large ingots of nickel-based corrosion-resistant alloys. In this paper, for a 20-ton flat ingot of N08120 alloy, testing methods such as metallographic microscope, scanning electron microscope and electron probe micro-analysis were used to analyze the solidification structure and composition segregation tendency of the ingot, aiming to provide guidance for evaluating the solidification quality of large nickel-based alloy ingots in industrial production and formulating homogenization heat treatment processes. The results showed that the thicknesses of the fine-grained zone and the columnar grain zone of the ingot were approximately 5 mm and 116 mm, respectively, and there was no significant macroscopic compositional segregation along the thickness direction of the ingot. From the surface to the center of the ingot, there were significant changes in both the dendrite morphology and the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS). The dendrites in the surface layer were finer, the dendrite trunk length in the columnar grain zone increased and exhibited a certain degree of orientation, while the dendrites in the central equiaxed grain zone were coarse and lost their orientation. And the SDAS increased monotonically from 96 μm to 383 μm. Among the elements, Cr, Nb, and Mo in the interdendritic regions were positive segregation elements, C was negative segregation element, and Ni and Fe showed no obvious segregation tendency. The degree of segregation gradually increased from the surface layer to the center of the ingot, and the segregation of Nb leads to the precipitation of Nb-containing second phases.
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