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ArticleNature communications2026

Revealing 3D strain and carbide architectures in additively manufactured Ni superalloys.

James A D Ball, David M Collins, Yuanbo T Tang, Jonathan P Wright, Can Yildirim, Julia Richter, Yunhui Chen

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James A D BallEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5830-8268
David M CollinsDepartment of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-9713
Yuanbo T TangSchool of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9667-7846
Jonathan P WrightEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-0884
Can YildirimEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-0685
Julia RichterInstitute of Materials Engineering, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 3, Kassel, D-34125, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0371-6509
Yunhui ChenCentre for Additive Manufacturing, School of Engineering, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne, 3000, VIC, Australia. yunhui.chen@rmit.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1684-2507

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Abstract

Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM)-induced directional solidification creates complex microstructures in nickel-based superalloys, featuring columnar grains with cellular sub-grains and carbides. Using Scanning 3D X-ray Diffraction (S3DXRD), we reveal orientation and intergranular strain relationships coupled to cellular sub-grain networks and primary cubic MC carbides. We analyzed 3D orientation and elastic strain fields across 82 γ grains and 37,000+ carbides in an ABD-900AM alloy produced via Directed Energy Deposition (DED). Cooling-induced solute segregation creates volumetric lattice parameter patterning in the γ phase, altering residual stress fields. Ti-, Ta-, and Nb-rich carbides form preferentially in these high-solute regions, exhibiting weak orientation relationships with parent γ grains. These results provide the first non-destructive 3D study linking rapid solidification segregation, deformation heterogeneity, and carbide architectures in additively manufactured Ni-superalloys. These insights provide crucial detail to rationalise LAM process parameter optimisation and the coupled spatially governed structural performance.

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PMCPMC13620117

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