Materials Science Forum, Vol.408-4, 541-546, 2002
Deformation and annealing behaviour of two Ni3Al based alloys
An attempt has been made to review experimental results on the deformation and annealing behaviour of a Ni3Al (B) and a Ni3Al (B, Zr) alloy. The gamma' phase in both these alloys undergoes a strain induced texture transformation from pure metal to alloy type during rolling. This is accompanied by a change in the state of order of the material from L1(2) to DO22 Structure. Annealing produces a drastic weakening of the sharp deformation texture right after the recovery stage when the DO22 structure of gamma' reverts back to L1(2). The final recrystallisation texture is very weak, nearly random. The recrystallised microstructure in Ni3Al (B) consists of grains of gamma', whereas the final microstructure of annealed Ni3Al (B, Zr) alloy consists of (i) around 50% by volume of recrystallised gamma grains with fine gamma' particles inside, (ii) nearly 50% by volume of recrystallised gamma' grains and (iii) a small fraction of recrystallised pure gamma grains.