The effect of phosphorus on the stress rupture property of GH4133 alloy has been investigated and is compared with that of
IN718 alloy. The GH4133 alloy is crept by
dislocation movement. Phosphorus has a tendency to prolong the rupture life of some wrought superalloys by
inhibiting the dislocation movement. If the phosphorus addition is too high, its effect on impairing the grain boundary cohesion overwhelms that on inhibiting the dislocation movement, and the life of the GH4133 alloy can be shortened. The two functions of inhibiting the dislocation movement and impairing the grain boundary cohesion determine that the optimum phosphorus content in the GH4133 alloy is around 0.011 wt pet. Phosphorus exhibits a greater effect on prolonging the rupture life of IN718 alloy than that of GH4133 alloy. The two alloys are crept by different mechanisms. The intergranular phosphorus-bearing phase is precipitated in the IN718 alloy, while not in the GH4133 alloy. The precipitation of the phosphorus bearing phase can balance the phosphorus segregation at the grain boundaries and allows a more remarkable effect of phosphorus on extending the rupture life of IN718 alloy.