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6

Advanced Processing

of Superalloys for

Aerospace Industries

Swadhin Kumar Patel, Biswajit Swain, and Ajit Behera

NIT Rourkela

CONTENTS

6.1 Introduction..................................................................................................109

6.2 Demands and Improvements of Aircrafts....................................................110

6.3 What Is a Superalloy?...................................................................................111

6.4 Types of Superalloys and Their Important Phases.......................................112

6.4.1 Ni-Based Superalloys........................................................................ ...