Talk:Superalloy

message: What is FCC? (Surely not the Federal Communications Commission.)Lou Sander
:FCC stands for face-centered cubic crystal structure. --Shaddack 22:19, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  FCC Alloy? 

message: I'm not sure whether the correct tag is context (which I've used for the moment) or confusing or something else, but this article is, at the time of this writing, abuzz with copious unexplained technical language, such that a person with only one or two semesters of chemistry in his background has difficulty reading it.  The technical information should probably not be removed, but more of it needs to be _explained_ better.  For a layperson, the article on tungsten arguably gives more accessible information about superalloys than this article does.
:As far as I can see, it is only the "Chemical development" and "Scientific facts" sections that are impossible to understand.  Are you worried about other sections, too? RandomP 17:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jargon 

message: Can someone check if the crystal structure is indeed fcc and not primitive cubic? I think it might be primitive cubic or Cubic-P (see Cambridge website).
70.43.48.18 23:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crystal Structure of Gamma prime 

message: Interesting in one paragraph Ni3Al is correctly described as L12 and in one incorrectly as FCC
:I think it's okay as written.  The superalloys being discussed here contain two major phases: a gamma (fcc) matrix phase and a gamma prime (L12) precipitate phase.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by PTJGC (talk • contribs) 15:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  FCC Alloy 

message: :I believe this article would be strengthened by discussing Mo and Nb based Silicide In Situ Composites in the Superalloys in the future section of the paper.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.22.154.234 (talk) 20:55, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mo and Nb based Silicide In Situ Composites 

message: I would like to understand the metallurgy section, but terms such as gamma phase and gamma prime are not described. I hope someone knowledgeable in this area can find some good citations to fill in this information. Wakablogger2 (talk) 06:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The external link section gives the perfect point to start. The page from Cambridge is very good.  --Stone (talk) 07:26, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  γ' phase 

message: You linked Fatigue-life to Fracture, which, by looking at the page Fatigue (material), can be seen as an incorrect link. 
Also, with simple knowledge, it is easy to define fracture from fatigue.
Fracture is the actual breaking of the material in general, while fatigue is the wearing of the material through repeated loading and unloading.
For the layman, fracturing is when it snaps, fatigue is when it wears.
The incorrect link is on the main page when I saw it, but it may show up further on too.
Thanks, just pointing this out. If i wasn't so busy, I would fix this myself. --JezzDawga (talk) 06:15, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fatigue-life ≠ Fracture 

message: Anyone else have a thought on this?
: Category as well, but no reason to prune the article. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:33, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's possible this should be a category, not a page. Just a thought.