Metals (Jan 2022)

Optimize the Mechanical Properties of Al<sub>0.6</sub>CoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloys by Thermo-Mechanical Processing

  • Huijun Yang,
  • Yaqin Tan,
  • Junwei Qiao,
  • Jeffrey A. Hawk,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Michael Gao,
  • Peter K. Liaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/met12020178
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
p. 178

Abstract

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The phase stability, microstructural evolution, and mechanical properties of Al0.6CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) subjected to different thermo-mechanical treatments were systematically investigated in the present study. The face center cubic (FCC) matrix, B2, and minor Body Center Cubic (BCC) phases were observed in the as-cast state. The morphology of the B2 precipitates evolved from needle-like to droplet-shaped when annealed at 900 °C, 1000 °C, and 1100 °C. The resulting yield stress of this FCC/B2 duplex-phase HEA after annealing heat treatments was successfully analyzed based on the contributions from solid solution strengthening, precipitate strengthening, grain boundary hardening, and dislocation hardening.

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