Materials (May 2023)

Effect of Boronizing on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of CoCrFeNiMn High-Entropy Alloy

  • Mingyu Hu,
  • Xuemei Ouyang,
  • Fucheng Yin,
  • Xu Zhao,
  • Zuchuan Zhang,
  • Xinming Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16103754
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 10
p. 3754

Abstract

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The CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloys were treated by powder-pack boriding to improve their surface hardness and wear resistance. The variation of boriding layer thickness with time and temperature was studied. Then, the frequency factor D0 and diffusion activation energy Q of element B in HEA are calculated to be 9.15 × 10−5 m2/s and 206.93 kJ/mol, respectively. The diffusion behavior of elements in the boronizing process was investigated and shows that the boride layer forms with the metal atoms diffusing outward and the diffusion layer forms with the B atoms diffusing inward by the Pt-labeling method. In addition, the surface microhardness of CoCrFeNiMn HEA was significantly improved to 23.8 ± 1.4 Gpa, and the friction coefficient was reduced from 0.86 to 0.48~0.61.

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