Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a New Refractory HfNbSi0.5TiVZr High Entropy Alloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 849 ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Yan Xiang Li ◽  
Xiang Chen ◽  
Hua Wei Zhang

A new refractory alloy HfNbSi0.5TiVZr was synthesized by induction levitation melting with the aim to achieve an excellent strength and toughness balance of the Hf-Nb-Ti-Zr based alloy. The as-cast alloy with density of ρ=7.75g/cm3 and microhardness of Hv=464 had the microstructure consisting of bcc solid solution with little vanadium rich phase and fine intermetallic phase presented dendritic structure. Mixing entropy and formation enthalpy can explain this behavior. After heat treatment at 1373K for 4 h, no new phase come into being but elements solute more fully. Compressive yield strength of the alloy gradually decreased from 1540MPa at room temperature to 371MPa at 1073K in as-cast state and decreased from 1483MPa at room temperature to 102MPa at 1073K after annealed. Comparing with the similar high entropy alloys, the structure combining silicide and continuous solid phase have a great benefit to the balance of strength and ductility.

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Che-Fu Lee ◽  
Tao-Tsung Shun

In this study, Al0.5CoCrFe1.5NiTi0.5 high-entropy alloy was heat-treated from 500 °C to 1200 °C for 24 h to investigate age-hardening phenomena and microstructure evolution. The as-cast alloy, with a hardness of HV430, exhibited a dendritic structure comprising an (Fe,Cr)-rich FCC phase and a (Ni,Al,Ti)-rich B2 phase, and the interdendrite exhibited a spinodal decomposed structure comprising an (Fe,Cr)-rich BCC phase and a (Ni,Al,Ti)-rich B2 phase. Age hardening and softening occurred at 500 °C to 800 °C and 900 °C to 1100 °C, respectively. We observed optimal age hardening at 700 °C, and alloy hardness increased to HV556. The hardening was attributed to the precipitation of the σ phase, and the softening was attributed to the dissolution of the σ phase back into the matrix and coarsening of the microstructure. The appearance of fine Widmanstätten precipitates formed by the (Al,Ti)-rich BCC phase and (Ni,Al,Ti)-rich B2 phase at 1200 °C led to secondary hardening.


2015 ◽  
Vol 645 ◽  
pp. 255-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-Ph. Couzinié ◽  
L. Lilensten ◽  
Y. Champion ◽  
G. Dirras ◽  
L. Perrière ◽  
...  

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Málek ◽  
Jiří Zýka ◽  
František Lukáč ◽  
Jakub Čížek ◽  
Lenka Kunčická ◽  
...  

High entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted researchers’ interest in recent years. The aim of this work was to prepare the HfNbTaTiZr high entropy alloy via the powder metallurgy process and characterize its properties. The powder metallurgy process is a prospective solution for the synthesis of various alloys and has several advantages over arc melting (e.g., no dendritic structure, near net-shape, etc.). Cold isostatic pressing of blended elemental powders and subsequent sintering at 1400 °C for various time periods up to 64 h was used. Certain residual porosity, as well as bcc2 (Nb- and Ta-rich) and hcp (Zr- and Hf-rich) phases, remained in the bcc microstructure after sintering. The bcc2 phase was completely eliminated during annealing (1200 °C/1h) and subsequent water quenching. The hardness values of the sintered specimens ranged from 300 to 400 HV10. The grain coarsening during sintering was significantly limited and the maximum average grain diameter after 64 h of sintering was approximately 60 μm. The compression strength at 800 °C was 370 MPa and decreased to 47 MPa at 1200 °C. Porosity can be removed during the hot deformation process, leading to an increase in hardness to ~450 HV10.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Panina ◽  
Nikita Yurchenko ◽  
Sergey Zherebtsov ◽  
Nikita Stepanov ◽  
Gennady Salishchev ◽  
...  

The effect of laser beam welding on the structure and properties of a Ti1.89NbCrV0.56 refractory high entropy alloy was studied. In particular, the effect of different pre-heating temperatures was examined. Due to the low ductility of the material, laser beam welding at room temperature resulted in the formations of hot cracks. Sound butt joints without cracks were produced using pre-heating to T ≥ 600 °C. In the initial as-cast condition, the alloy consisted of coarse bcc grains with a small amount of lens-shaped C15 Laves phase particles. A columnar microstructure was formed in the welds; the thickness of the grains increased with the temperature of pre-heating before welding. The Laves phase particles were formed in the seams after welding at 600 °C or 800 °C, however, these particles were not observed after welding at room temperature or at 400 °C. Soaking at elevated temperatures did not change the microstructure of the base material considerably, however, “additional” small Laves particles formed at 600 °C or 800 °C. Tensile test of welded specimens performed at 750 °C resulted in the fracture of the base material because of the higher hardness of the welds. The latter can be associated with the bcc grains refinement in the seams.


MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (27) ◽  
pp. 1429-1434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsushi Tanaka ◽  
Takeshi Teramoto ◽  
Ryo Ito

ABSTRACTMono-crystalline elastic constants of equiatomic quinary Cr-Mn-Fe-Co-Ni high entropy alloy with the fcc structure have experimentally been determined by a resonance ultrasound spectroscopy at room temperature. The values of the bulk modulus of the high entropy alloy experimentally determined are similar to other conventional fcc metals when the values are normalized by the melting points. This indicates that the entropy change at melting is similar to that of conventional metals. The values of Pough’s index and the Cauchy pressure are determined as 1.79 and -11.6 GPa, respectively. When the ductility of the alloy is judged from the indices, the ductility of the high entropy alloy is limited. In order to explain the negative Cauchy pressure of the high entropy alloy, it is required to assume that relatively strong directional interatomic bondings like intermetallic compounds exist in the alloy though the crystal is disordered solid solution.


2019 ◽  
Vol 956 ◽  
pp. 154-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Liang ◽  
Bing Yang Gao ◽  
Ya Ning Li ◽  
Qiu Xin Nie ◽  
Zhi Qiang Cao

For the purpose of expanding the application scope of HEA coating manufactured on the surface modification of materials, in this work, the Al1.5CrFeNiTi0.5 and Al1.5CrFeNiTi0.5W0.5 HEA coatings were successfully manufactured using laser cladding method on SUS304. The microstructures and wear resistance of coatings are researched systematically. It is found that the W0 and W0.5 HEA coatings all exhibit the dendritic structure, which are constituted by BCC phases and Laves phases. With W element addition, the phase structures of W0.5 coating remain unchanged. W is dissolved in both two phases, but the solid solubility in Laves phase is higher compared to that in BCC phase. W0.5 coating with the highest microhardness of 848.34 HV, and the W0 coating with the microhardness of 811.45 HV, both of whose microhardness are four times more than that of SUS304 substrate. Among all samples, the W0.5 coating shows the optimal wear performance because of its larger content of hard second phase ( Laves phase).


2018 ◽  
Vol 765 ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Min Oh ◽  
Sun Ig Hong

Microstructure and mechanical properties of cast and cold-rolled equitomic CoCrFeCuNi alloy in which Mn was substituted by Cu from Cantor alloy was studied. The separation into two solid solutions (Cr-Co-Fe rich and Cu-rich phases) were observed in CoCrFeCuNi. Coarsening and widening of interdendritic Cu-rich phase after homogenization was observed after homogenization, suggesting Cu-rich phase is thermodynamically stable. The compressive stress-strain curves of homogenized cast CoCrFeCuNi alloy exhibited the reasonably high strength and excellent deformability for the cast alloy. The yield strength increased up to 960MPa after cold rolling from 265MPa of the homogenized cast alloy. The significant increase of yield strength is thought to be associated with the alignment of Cu-rich second phase in addition to cold work dislocation storage after cold rolling.


2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
pp. 1971
Author(s):  
Ю.Ф. Иванов ◽  
В.Е. Громов ◽  
С.В. Коновалов ◽  
Ю.А. Шлярова

By the methods of modern physical materials science the change in structural-phase state of AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) of nonequiatomic composition obtained by the methods of wire arc additive technology (WAAM) after irradiation by electron beams with energy density of (10-30) J/cm2, durality of 50 μs, frequency 0.3 Hz is studied. In the initial state the alloy had a dendritic structure indicating the inhomogeneous distribution of elements. It is shown that electron beam processing forms the structure of high-velocity cellular crystallization with cell size of 100-200 nm, along boundaries of which the nanodimensional (15-30 nm) inclusions of the second phase enriched in Cr and Fe atoms are located.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1539
Author(s):  
Yu-Hsuan Liang ◽  
Chia-Lin Li ◽  
Chun-Hway Hsueh

In the present work, Nbx-CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy films (HEAFs, 0 to 7.2 at.% Nb) were fabricated by radio frequency (RF) magnetron co-sputtering of CoCrFeMnNi alloy and Nb targets. The effects of Nb addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of HEAFs were systematically investigated. For Nb-free film (0 at.% Nb), the face-centered cubic (FCC) peaks were identified in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern. The addition of Nb resulted in a broadening of diffraction peaks, a decrease in peak intensity, and the vanishment of high-angle peaks. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images indicated the formation of nanotwins at low Nb concentrations, and a transition from a single phase FCC solid solution to an amorphous phase was observed with the increasing Nb concentration. The films were strengthened with an increase in Nb concentration. Specifically, the hardness characterized by nanoindentation increased from 6.5 to 8.1 GPa. The compressive yield strength and fracture strength measured from micropillar compression tests were improved from 1.08 GPs and 2.56 GPa to 2.70 GPa and 5.76 GPa, respectively, whereas the fracture strain decreased from >29.4% (no fracture) to 15.8%. Additionally, shear banding was observed in the presence of amorphous phase.


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