scholarly journals Atomic Simulations of Grain Structures and Deformation Behaviors in Nanocrystalline CoCrFeNiMn High-Entropy Alloy

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junling Hou ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Chuanbao Wu ◽  
Limei Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
Common Neighbor ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
The Face ◽  
Deformation Behaviors

Using the molecular dynamics method, the melting character, mechanical properties, microstructures, and strain deformation mechanisms of nanocrystalline CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy are systematically investigated in the present work. The simulation results suggest that the melting point in CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy decreases with the grain size, decreasing from 3.6 to 2.0 nm. The grain size has a significant effect on shear and Young’s modulus compared to bulk modulus. The stress-strain simulation demonstrates that the ultimate tensile strength decreases with the decrease of the grain size, while the plastic deformation increases with the decrease in grain size. While the average grain size decreases to 2.0 nm, the amorphization induced by small grain size reduces plastic deformation. The common neighbor analysis shows that the face-centered cubic (FCC) composition of CoCrFeNiMn decreases gradually with decreasing grain size. For the sample with a grain size of 2.0 nm, the FCC composition is about 19% at a strain of 20%, accompanied by severe amorphization. The inverse Hall-Petch effect is observed for nanocrystalline CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy in the present simulations. The atomic snapshot of CoCrFeNiMn with a grain size of 2.0 nm under the uniaxial strain confirms that the grain shape change, stacking fault formation, and amorphization are important mechanisms of plastic deformation in nanocrystalline high-entropy CoCrFeNiMn.

Friction Stir Welding of the Carbon-Doped Dual-Phase High Entropy Alloy

2021 ◽  
Vol 316 ◽  
pp. 364-368
Author(s):  
Dmitry Shaysultanov ◽  
Kazimzhon Raimov ◽  
Nikita Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Cast Alloy ◽  
High Yield ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Induction Melting ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Average Grain Size

Fe49Mn30Cr10Co10C1 high entropy alloy (HEA) is produced by induction melting. The as-cast alloy is cold rolled and annealed at 900°C, to produce fine recrystallized structure before friction stir welding (FSW). The structure of the annealed alloy consists of a recrystallized face-centered cubic (fcc, γ) and hexagonal close-packed (hcp, ε) phases with volume fractions of 91% and 5%, respectively, as well as M23C6 carbides with the volume fraction of 4%. Sound weld without visible defects, such as porosity or cracks, are obtained. Friction stir welding results in a decrease in the average grain size from 7.0 to 1.9 μm in the stir zone. The volume fraction of the M23C6 carbides decreases to 1% after FSW. The alloy shows high yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of 475 MPa and 865 MPa, respectively, together with elongation of 70%.

scholarly journals In Situ Development and High Temperature Features of CoCrFeNi-M6Cp High Entropy-Alloy Based Hardmetal

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
Huizhong Li ◽  
He Lin ◽  
Xiaopeng Liang ◽  
Weiwei He ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Ultimate Tensile Strength ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Carbide Particles

In this work, an in-situ CoCrFeNi-M6Cp high entropy-alloy (HEA) based hardmetal with a composition of Co25Cr21Fe18Ni23Mo7Nb3WC2 was fabricated by the powder metallurgy (PM) method. Microstructures and mechanical properties of this HEA were characterized and analyzed. The results exhibit that this HEA possesses a two-phase microstructure consisting of the face-centered cubic (FCC) matrix phase and the carbide M6C phase. This HEA has an average grain size of 2.2 μm, and the mean size and volume fraction of carbide particles are 1.2 μm and 20%. The tensile tests show that the alloy has a yield strength of 573 MPa, ultimate tensile strength of 895 MPa and elongation of 5.5% at room temperature. The contributions from different strengthening mechanisms in this HEA were calculated. The grain boundary strengthening is the dominant strengthening mechanism, and the carbide particles are significant for the further enhancement of yield strength by the dislocation strengthening and Orowan strengthening. In addition, with increasing temperatures from 600 °C to 900 °C, the HEA shows a reduced yield strength (YS) from 473 MPa to 142 MPa, a decreased ultimate tensile strength (UTS) from 741 MPa to 165 MPa and an enhanced elongation from 10.5% to 31%.

scholarly journals Effective Surface Nano-Crystallization of Ni2FeCoMo0.5V0.2 Medium Entropy Alloy by Rotationally Accelerated Shot Peening (RASP)

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ningning Liang ◽  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Yang Cao ◽  
Yusheng Li ◽  
Yuntian Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Surface Layer ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Shot Peening ◽  
Model Material ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Electron Microscopy Analysis

The surface nano-crystallization of Ni2FeCoMo0.5V0.2 medium-entropy alloy was realized by rotationally accelerated shot peening (RASP). The average grain size at the surface layer is ~37 nm, and the nano-grained layer is as thin as ~20 μm. Transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that deformation twinning and dislocation activities are responsible for the effective grain refinement of the high-entropy alloy. In order to reveal the effectiveness of surface nano-crystallization on the Ni2FeCoMo0.5V0.2 medium-entropy alloy, a common model material, Ni, is used as a reference. Under the same shot peening condition, the surface layer of Ni could only be refined to an average grain size of ~234 nm. An ultrafine grained surface layer is less effective in absorbing strain energy than a nano-grain layer. Thus, grain refinement could be realized at a depth up to 70 μm in the Ni sample.

Microstructure Refinement in the CoCrFeNiMn High Entropy Alloy under Plastic Straining

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 1853-1858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikita Stepanov ◽  
Dmitry Shaysultanov ◽  
Nikita Yurchenko ◽  
Margarita Klimova ◽  
Sergey Zherebtsov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yield Strength ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Mechanical Twinning ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
Cryogenic Temperatures ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Average Grain Size

The effect of plastic deformation under various conditions of the equiatomic CoCrFeNiMn alloy with single face-centered cubic phase structure was studied. The alloy was rolled at room and cryogenic temperatures, and uniaxially compressed at room temperature and temperatures of 600-1100°C with different height reductions. In addition, multiaxial forging at 900-1000°C was performed. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy, including EBSD analysis, was widely employed to characterize microstructure of the deformed alloy. At room and cryogenic temperatures, mechanical twinning and shear banding plays play dominant role in microstructure evolution. Extensive refinement of the microstructure occurs as the result of rolling with reduction of 80%. During deformation at 600-1100°C, discontinuous dynamic recrystallization takes place. The recrystallized grains size and their volume fraction increases with increase of deformation temperature. Multiaxial forging at 900-1000°C was used to produce fully recrystallized structure with average grain size of 6.7 μm. The alloy in the initial condition had low yield strength of 160 Mpa but remarkable tensile ductility of 68%. Rolling substantial increases yield strength to 1120-1290 MPa, but results in loss of ductility. After multiaxial forging the alloy has balanced combination of properties – yield strength of 280 MPa and elongation of 56%.

scholarly journals Effect of Temperature of Severe Plastic Deformation on Mechanical Properties of High Entropy Alloy CoCrFeNiMn

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Structural State ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Active Deformation ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Average Grain Size

High entropy alloy (HEA) CoCrFeNiMn was produced by arc melting of the components in high-purity argon atmosphere with consequent multiple homogenization annealing. The disc-shaped samples with diameter 10 mm and thickness of ~ 1 mm were produced from the ingots obtained. These samples were subjected to severe plastic deformation by high pressure torsion (HPT) in Bridgman anvil at a hydrostatic pressure of 6 GPa and at temperature 77 K. Plungers have been rotated for 5 times at a speed of 0.2 rot/min that allows to produce uniform nanocrystalline structural state with average grain size of less than 100 nm. Mechanical tests have been provided under conditions of uniaxial compression of rectangular samples with size 1.3×0.6×0.6 mm3. The samples were cut from the discs after HPT at a distance of 3 mm form disc centre. The analysis of stress-strain curves have been made in the temperature range of 300-4.2 K for the obtained nanostructured state. It was found that yield stress value monotonically increasing from 1.44 GPa to 2.48 GPa while the temperature decrease from 300 K to 4.2 K, which is typical for thermally activated character of plastic deformation. Anomalous decrease in yield strength values in comparison with the same values for nanostructured HEA after HPT at 300 K was established in all the temperature range (300-4.2 K) for the structural state after HPT at 77 K. The conducted analysis have been shown that the observed anomalous behaviour of yield strength during active deformation is conditioned by peculiarities of microsturcture appearing after cryodeformation by HPT at 77 K, in particular by formation of martensite phase with hcp lattice and connected with this decrease in dislocation density. It was shown that peculiarities of microstructure after HPT at 77 K effect considerably not only on strength of the alloy in local areas, i.e. its microhardness value, but also on the acting stresses responsible for the plastic deformation process under conditions of active deformation of nanocrystalline HEA CoCrFeMnNi.

scholarly journals Nanoporous Quasi-High-Entropy Alloy Microspheres

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianzan Yang ◽  
Yongyan Li ◽  
Zhifeng Wang ◽  
Weimin Zhao ◽  
Chunling Qin
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
High Specific Surface Area ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Hierarchical Porous

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) present excellent mechanical properties. However, the exploitation of chemical properties of HEAs is far less than that of mechanical properties, which is mainly limited by the low specific surface area of HEAs synthesized by traditional methods. Thus, it is vital to develop new routes to fabricate HEAs with novel three-dimensional structures and a high specific surface area. Herein, we develop a facile approach to fabricate nanoporous noble metal quasi-HEA microspheres by melt-spinning and dealloying. The as-obtained nanoporous Cu30Au23Pt22Pd25 quasi-HEA microspheres present a hierarchical porous structure with a high specific surface area of 69.5 m2/g and a multiphase approximatively componential solid solution characteristic with a broad single-group face-centered cubic XRD pattern, which is different from the traditional single-phase or two-phase solid solution HEAs. To differentiate, these are named quasi-HEAs. The synthetic strategy proposed in this paper opens the door for the synthesis of porous quasi-HEAs related materials, and is expected to promote further applications of quasi-HEAs in various chemical fields.

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