TY - CHAP AU - Erween Rahim AU - Norazlan Warap AU - Zazuli Mohid ED - Mahmood Aliofkhazraei Y1 - 2015-11-25 PY - 2015 T1 - Thermal-Assisted Machining of Nickel-based Alloy N2 - Superalloy, or high-performance alloy, is an alloy that exhibits several key characteristics: excellent mechanical strength, resistance to thermal creep deformation, good surface stability, and resistance to corrosion or oxidation. The crystal structure is typically face-centered cubic austenitic. Superalloy development has relied heavily on both chemical and process innovations. Superalloys develop high temperature strength through solid solution strengthening. An important strengthening mechanism is precipitation strengthening which forms secondary phase precipitates such as gamma prime and carbides. Oxidation or corrosion resistance is provided by elements such as aluminium and chromium. This book collects new developments about superalloys. BT - Superalloys SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/61101 DO - 10.5772/61101 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -