Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
The microstructure and yield strength of two nickel base superalloys prepared by melt spinning and plasma deposition are compared in the as-solidified condition and after annealing. The results support the interpretation of the yield strengths obtained by tensile testing melt spun ribbon as representative of the values obtained for bulk specimens with equivalent microstructures. The effectiveness of grain size strengthening in a nickel base superalloy is also examined. The Hall-Petch relation appears to be obeyed, with a slope k = .77±.15 MPa−m1/2.