Stir Casting and Successive Rolling of Aluminium Alloy 2218 MMCs Reinforced by High-Entropy Alloy Particles

Abstract:

Al0.5CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEAp) reinforced AA2218 metal matrix composites (MMCs) by stir casting and successive rolling. Mechanical characteristics of the AA2218 HEAp MMCs are analysed. The stir-casted AA2218 HEAp MMCs' ultimate tensile strength rose by 74.3 percent when HEAp was added at a weight percentage of 4 wt percent. When the MMCs were made by rolling, they had greater mechanical qualities than those made by RTR. Higher rolling deformation and lower HEAp mass fraction led to greater mechanical characteristics discrepancies between the AA2218 HEAp MMCs formed by CR and RTR. In the AA2218 HEAp MMCs after RTR, there were voids that were not present in the CR MMCs. Micro holes and the mechanical properties of metal matrix composites were also discussed in detail.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 935)
• Pages: 151-159
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-4o2q09
• Online since: November 2022
• Authors: M. Vijayakumar*, M. Pradeep Rai, M. Muthukrishnan, N. Gnanakumar
• Keywords: AA2218, Cryorolling, HEAp, Mechanical Property, Microvoid, MMC

References

[1] V. Khanna, V. Kumar, and S. A. Bansal, Mechanical properties of aluminium-graphene/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) metal matrix composites: advancement, opportunities and perspective,, Mater. Res. Bull., vol. 138, p.111224, (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111224

[2] B. Park, D. Lee, I. Jo, S. B. Lee, S. K. Lee, and S. Cho, Automated quantification of reinforcement dispersion in B4C/Al metal matrix composites,, Compos. Part B Eng., vol. 181, p.107584, (2020).

DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107584

[3] N. J. Vickers, Animal communication: when i'm calling you, will you answer too?,, Curr. Biol., vol. 27, no. 14, pp. R713–R715, (2017).

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.064

[4] W. W. Zhang et al., A novel high-strength Al-based nanocomposite reinforced with Ti-based metallic glass nanoparticles produced by powder metallurgy,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 734, p.34–41, (2018).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2018.07.082

[5] Z. Wang et al., Fabrication and mechanical properties of Al-based metal matrix composites reinforced with Mg65Cu20Zn5Y10 metallic glass particles,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 600, p.53–58, (2014).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.02.003

[6] E. P. George, W. A. Curtin, and C. C. Tasan, High entropy alloys: A focused review of mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms,, Acta Mater., vol. 188, p.435–474, (2020).

DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.12.015

[7] Z. Yuan et al., Effect of heat treatment on the interface of high-entropy alloy particles reinforced aluminum matrix composites,, J. Alloys Compd., vol. 822, p.153658, (2020).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153658

[8] Y. Liu, J. Chen, Z. Li, X. Wang, X. Fan, and J. Liu, Formation of transition layer and its effect on mechanical properties of AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy/Al composites,, J. Alloys Compd., vol. 780, p.558–564, (2019).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.11.364

[9] J. Li et al., Friction stir processing of high-entropy alloy reinforced aluminum matrix composites for mechanical properties enhancement,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 792, p.139755, (2020).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2020.139755

[10] B. Gruber et al., Mechanism of low temperature deformation in aluminium alloys,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 795, p.139935, (2020).

[11] B. Song et al., Multiferroic properties of Ba/Ni co-doped KNbO3 with narrow band-gap,, J. Alloys Compd., vol. 703, p.67–72, (2017).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.01.180

[12] Z. J. Wang, M. Ma, Z. X. Qiu, J. X. Zhang, and W. C. Liu, Microstructure, texture and mechanical properties of AA 1060 aluminum alloy processed by cryogenic accumulative roll bonding,, Mater. Charact., vol. 139, p.269–278, (2018).

DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2018.03.016

[13] Q. Y. Yang, Y. L. Zhou, Y. B. Tan, S. Xiang, M. Ma, and F. Zhao, Effects of microstructure, texture evolution and strengthening mechanisms on mechanical properties of 3003 aluminum alloy during cryogenic rolling,, J. Alloys Compd., vol. 884, p.161135, (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161135

[14] B. Gludovatz, A. Hohenwarter, D. Catoor, E. H. Chang, E. P. George, and R. O. Ritchie, A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications,, Science (80-. )., vol. 345, no. 6201, p.1153–1158, (2014).

DOI: 10.1126/science.1254581

[15] D. Raabe, D. Ponge, O. Dmitrieva, and B. Sander, Nanoprecipitate-hardened 1.5 GPa steels with unexpected high ductility,, Scr. Mater., vol. 60, no. 12, p.1141–1144, (2009).

DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.02.062

[16] Q. Ding et al., Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys,, Nature, vol. 574, no. 7777, p.223–227, (2019).

[17] A. Dhal, S. K. Panigrahi, and M. S. Shunmugam, Insight into the microstructural evolution during cryo-severe plastic deformation and post-deformation annealing of aluminum and its alloys,, J. Alloys Compd., vol. 726, p.1205–1219, (2017).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.08.062

[18] Z. Zhang et al., Mechanical properties and microstructure evolution of a CrCoNi medium entropy alloy subjected to asymmetric cryorolling and subsequent annealing,, Mater. Today Commun., vol. 26, p.101776, (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101776

[19] Z. Sun et al., Reducing hot tearing by grain boundary segregation engineering in additive manufacturing: example of an AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy,, Acta Mater., vol. 204, p.116505, (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.116505

[20] J. Wang, E. C. Salihi, and L. Šiller, Green reduction of graphene oxide using alanine,, Mater. Sci. Eng. C, vol. 72, p.1–6, (2017).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.11.017

[21] M. Abbasi-Baharanchi, F. Karimzadeh, and M. H. Enayati, Mechanical and tribological behavior of severely plastic deformed Al6061 at cryogenic temperatures,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 683, p.56–63, (2017).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2016.11.099

[22] N. N. Krishna, A. K. Akash, K. Sivaprasad, and R. Narayanasamy, Studies on void coalescence analysis of nanocrystalline cryorolled commercially pure aluminium formed under different stress conditions,, Mater. Des., vol. 31, no. 7, p.3578–3584, (2010).

DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.01.056

[23] L. Wang, J. Liu, C. Kong, A. Pesin, A. P. Zhilyaev, and H. Yu, Sandwich‐Like Cu/Al/Cu Composites Fabricated by Cryorolling,, Adv. Eng. Mater., vol. 22, no. 10, p.2000122, (2020).

DOI: 10.1002/adem.202000122

[24] G. Huang et al., A novel two-step method to prepare fine-grained SiC/Al-Mg-Sc-Zr nanocomposite: Processing, microstructure and mechanical properties,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 823, p.141764, (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141764

[25] A. M. El-Sabbagh, M. Soliman, M. A. Taha, and H. Palkowski, Effect of rolling and heat treatment on tensile behaviour of wrought Al-SiCp composites prepared by stir-casting,, J. Mater. Process. Technol., vol. 213, no. 10, p.1669–1681, (2013).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2013.04.013

[26] J. Nie et al., Key roles of particles in grain refinement and material strengthening for an aluminum matrix composite,, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 801, p.140414, (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2020.140414

[27] H. Yu et al., Enhanced materials performance of Al/Ti/Al laminate sheets subjected to cryogenic roll bonding,, J. Mater. Res., vol. 32, no. 19, p.3761–3768, 2017W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan, New York, (1979).

DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2017.355