Research on Tensile Properties of Ni-Base Super Alloy GH3128

GH3128, which is one of the domestic Ni-base super alloy, shows good performances under high temperature. Preliminary research has shown that this alloy is promising as structural material for Intermediate Heat Exchangers (IHX), which are the key components of Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR). In this paper, the tensile properties of GH3128 are tested by the uniaxial tension experiments, and then the fractographic evaluation is conducted by using the scanning electron microscope (SEM). In the paper, the variation tendency of tensile strengths of GH3128 as well as plasticity is described along with the variation of temperature. The results also show that the tension fracture mode will gradually transform from ductile fracture to cleavage-intergranular compound fracture with the increasing of temperature, and the transition of fracture mechanism corresponds well with the variation of alloy plasticity.Copyright © 2016 by ASME