首页|A comparative study of microstructure and mechanical properties of ODS CrFeNi-based medium- and high-entropy alloys

A comparative study of microstructure and mechanical properties of ODS CrFeNi-based medium- and high-entropy alloys

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? 2022 Elsevier B.V.Medium- and high-entropy alloys (MEAs and HEAs) intrigue extensive interest of worldwide scholars for their unique properties. In this paper, oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) CrFeNi-based MEA and HEAs with 1 wt% Y2O3 and 1 wt% Zr addition were fabricated by mechanical alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The differences between ODS-MEA and ODS-HEA in microstructure (especially nanoscale oxides) and mechanical properties were characterized and compared by XRD, XPS, BSE, HRTEM, STEM, Vicker's hardness and compression test. MAed ODS-CrFeNi MEA, ODS-CoCrFeNi and ODS-CoCrFeNiMn HEA powders are of single face-centered cubic (FCC) crystal structure. After sintering, all three alloys consist of FCC matrix, body-centered cubic (BCC) structured Cr-rich phases, few Cr/Mn-rich oxides and high-density nanoscale oxides. Nanoscale oxides formed in the three alloys are all identified as Y4Zr3O12. In ODS-CrFeNi, the average size of oxides is 10 nm, and the number density in the BCC phase (3.2 ×1022/m3) is higher than that in FCC matrix (3.9 ×1021/m3). In ODS-CoCrFeNi and ODS-CoCrFeNiMn, the average size and number density of oxides increase to 19 nm, 20 nm and decrease to 2.3 × 1021/m3, 1.9 × 1021/m3, respectively. The amount of BCC phase decreases significantly in ODS-CoCrFeNi and ODS-CoCrFeNiMn HEAs compared with ODS-CrFeNi MEA. With the increasing principal element number, high entropy effect promotes more Y2O3 and Zr dissolve in the matrix during MA, but higher Y/Zr solubility and less precipitation of nanoscale oxides Y4Zr3O12 in the alloys during SPS/annealing. ODS-CrFeNi MEA exhibits the highest hardness of 475 HV and the highest compressive yield strength of 1531 MPa.

High-entropy alloyMechanical alloyingMedium-entropy alloyNanoscale oxideOxide dispersion strengthenedSpark plasma sintering

Peng S.、Lu Z.、Li X.、Yu L.

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Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education) School of Materials Science and Engineering Northeastern University

2022

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

EISCI
ISSN:0925-8388
年,卷(期):2022.924
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