Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and thermodynamic calculations were employed to study the phase stability and phase precipitation in the Ni-based superalloy Nimonic 263. The major precipitates at temperatures below 900 ЊC were gamma-prime and eta (Ni 3 Ti), with the eta phase starting to precipitate at the expense of the gamma-prime phase after prolonged annealing. The eta precipitates had a thin-plate morphology and formed a regular Widmanstätten pattern. They had a fixed orientation relationship with the fcc matrix. Very fine particles of M 23 C 6 also precipitated intragranularly, and they had a cube-on-cube orientation relationship (OR) with the fcc matrix. Intragranular precipitation of a very fine cylindrical MC carbide was also observed. Grain-boundary (GB) precipitates were mostly M 23 C 6 , with a small fraction of MC. Based on the experimental results, a time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram was constructed. The experimental results were compared to thermodynamic predictions, and good agreement was observed. The calculations correctly predicted almost all the major phases and their stability temperature ranges. The experimental and calculation results, together, depict a clearer picture of phase stability in the alloy.

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This paper summarizes the key properties of GTD-222 (Wood and Haydon, 1989), a new cast nickel-base nozzle alloy developed by GE for use in land-based gas turbines. GTD-222 is being introduced as a replacement for FSX-414 in second and third-stage nozzles of certain machines. Presented in this paper are comparisons of the tensile, creep-rupture, and fatigue properties of GTD-222 versus FSX-414. In addition, the results of a long-term thermal stability study, high-temperature oxidation, and hot corrosion evaluation as well as weldability results will be discussed.

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