Oxide dispersion strengthened alloys
Oxide dispersion strengthened alloys with uniform dispersion of fine oxide particles can be fabricated by the additive manufacturing method!
Summary
Oxide dispersion strengthened alloy is an alloy where the hard oxide
particles are dispersed inside the crystal grains of the metal matrix. By
having more oxide particles inside the crystal grains of the matrix phase
with uniform dispersion, it is difficult for the oxide particles to agglomerate
or coarse even when exposed to a high-temperature environment for a
long period of time, which makes difficult for the material to deteriorate its
strength property.
In the casting method, metallic liquid and oxide solids having different
density are difficult to mix homogeneously, and oxide particles are pushed
by the solid-liquid interface of solidification and agglomerate in the final
solidified part, which prevents them from being uniformly dispersed in the
matrix. In addition, the laser and electron beam additive manufacturing
methods involve the powder particles melting process which causes the
agglomeration of fine oxide particles and makes it difficult to disperse
them uniformly inside the matrix.
This invention solves the above problem and provides a technology that
can fabricate oxide dispersion strengthened alloys with fine oxide particles
uniformly dispersed inside the crystal grains of the matrix phase when
using the additive manufacturing method.
Application
・Any complex shape parts that are expected to be used at high temperature
IP Data
IP No. : Patent publication number JP2017-240852
Inventor : SEKIDO Nobuaki, SATO Katsuhiro, YOSHIMI Kyosuke
keyword : Material