“…One of the possible sources of the necessary plastic deformation before heat treatment is contraction stress during directional solidification, and the strains can be introduced at different temperatures [3,4] ranging from ambient temperature to elevated temperatures. However, most of the previous work on RX of SX superalloys focuses on the influence of annealing conditions [5], orientational dependence [6], microstructural features [7,8], and mechanical properties [2]. Little work has been conducted on the influence of deformation temperature on the RX of SX superalloys.…”