Journal of Alloys and Compounds2022，Vol.89313.DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161839

Fast mechanical synthesis, structure evolution, and thermal stability of nanostructured CoCrFeNiCu high entropy alloy

Kovalev, I. D. Kuskov, K., V Kovalev, D. Yu Vergunova, Yu S. Scheck, Yu B. Vadchenko, S. G. Politano, O. Baras, F. Rogachev, A. S. Shkodich, N. F.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds2022，Vol.89313.DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161839
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Fast mechanical synthesis, structure evolution, and thermal stability of nanostructured CoCrFeNiCu high entropy alloy

Kovalev, I. D. 1Kuskov, K., V 2Kovalev, D. Yu 1Vergunova, Yu S. 1Scheck, Yu B. 1Vadchenko, S. G. 1Politano, O. 3Baras, F. 3Rogachev, A. S. 1Shkodich, N. F.1
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  • 1. Russian Acad Sci
  • 2. Natl Univ Sci & Technol MISIS
  • 3. Univ Bourgogne Franche Comte
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Abstract

A powder of equiatomic CoCrFeNiCu high entropy alloy (HEA) was prepared by short-term (120 min) high energy ball milling (HEBM). Our structural and chemical analysis showed that microsized particles of fcc CoCrFeNiCu with a grain size of 8 nm were obtained after 120 min of HEBM at 694/1388 rpm. The structural/phase evolution of CoCrFeNiCu HEA powder and its thermal stability were explored by high-temperature XRD at 600 degrees C, 800 degrees C and 1000 degrees C, by DSC up to 1500 degrees C, through the consolidation by SPS at 800 degrees C and 1000 degrees C, and characterized using XRD, SEM and EDX analyses. In-situ HT XRD analysis during 5.5 h of annealing showed the involvement of transient phases: the bcc phase that appeared in 1 h of annealing at 600 degrees C and disappeared at higher temperatures; and the fcc(1) phase (Cu-rich) arising in 2 h of annealing at 800 degrees C and disappearing at 1000 degrees C in 3 h of annealing. SPS consolidation at 1000 degrees C and annealing at 1000 degrees C for 5.5 h were found to result in the formation of single-phase fcc(2) CoCrFeNiCu alloy with a lean amount of Cu. The melting points for Cu-rich and Cu-depleted HEAs were found as 1118 degrees C and 1288 degrees C (Calphad calculations) and 1115 degrees C and 1365 degrees C (DSC measurements), respectively. SPS consolidation at 1000 degrees C under a pressure of 50 MPa yielded the single-phase fcc CoCrFeNiCu0.5 alloy that turned thermodynamically more favorable than the equiatomic one. Thus, we can suppose thereupon, that the equiatomic fcc phase that appears after 120 min of HEBM is metastable because of the excess of Cu atoms. During annealing in the temperature range 800-1000 degrees C, the Cu-rich fcc(1) phase precipitates from the initial single-phase alloy, while the "mother phase" transforms into the more stable Cu-depleted fcc(2) phase. The chemical compositions of Cu-depleted and Cu-rich phases for the SPS-consolidated HEA CoCrFeNiCu alloy (at 800 degrees C) were determined from TEM-EDX analyses. Optimal combination of short-term HEBM and SPS consolidation can be recommended as a facile route to fabrication of single-phase fcc equiatomic CoCrFeNiCu HEA powders and bulk materials with good structural/elemental homogeneity. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Key words

Thermal stability/High energy ball milling/High entropy alloy/Spark plasma sintering/fcc structure/Calphad approach/SOLID-SOLUTION/MICROSTRUCTURE/BEHAVIOR/ELEMENTS/PHASE

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出版年

2022
Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

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