General Electric Company

Ge Infrastructure Technology, LLC

Chen Shen

Bernard Patrick Bewlay

Jon Conrad Schaeffer

Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian

Richard DiDomizio

Michael Douglas Arnett

Timothy Hanlon

Andrew Joseph Detor

Arthur Samuel Peck

Shenyan Huang

Scott Michael Oppenheimer

Akane Suzuki

Ning Zhou

Patrick Thomas Brennan

A niobium-silicide based alloy and a turbine having at least a turbine component formed from the niobium-silicide based alloy are provided. The niobium-silicide based alloy comprises: between about 14 atomic percent and about 24 atomic percent titanium (Ti); between about 11 atomic percent and about 19 atomic percent silicon (Si); between about 4 atomic percent and about 8 atomic percent chromium (Cr); between about 2 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent hafnium (Hf); up to about 4 atomic percent aluminum (Al); between about 0.5 atomic percent and about 1 atomic percent tin (Sn); between about 5 atomic percent and about 15 atomic percent tantalum (Ta); between about 1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent tungsten (W); up to about 5 atomic percent rhenium (Re); up to about 5 atomic percent zirconium (Zr); up to about 6 atomic percent yttrium (Y); and a balance of niobium (Nb).

Niobium-based alloy strengthened by silicide and turbine having turbine component formed from

A composition includes, by weight percent: Cobalt (Co) between about 4.5 and about 7.0; Chromium (Cr) between about 10.2 and about 11.5; Molybdenum (Mo) between about 0.5 and about 2.5; Tungsten (W) between about 4.0 and about 5.5; Rhenium (Re) between about 0 and about 1.2; Aluminum (Al) between about 6.2 and about 6.8; Tantalum (Ta) between about 4.5 and about 6.0; Titanium (Ti) between about 0 and about 0.5; Hafnium (Hf) between about 0 and about 0.5; Carbon (C) between about 0 and about 0.2; Boron (B) between about 0 and about 0.02; and the balance Nickel (Ni), and other incidental impurities.

Nickel-based superalloy

A method for preparing an improved article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a coprecipitate of a gamma-prime phase and a gamma-double-prime phase, wherein the gamma-prime phase of the coprecipitate has an average particle size less than 250 nanometers. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material having a coprecipitate of a gamma-prime phase and a gamma-double-prime phase, wherein the gamma-prime phase of the coprecipitate has an average particle size less than 250 nanometers.

Methods for preparing superalloy articles and related articles

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