Tailoring Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of AlCoCrFeNiTi0.3 High-Entropy Alloys by Heat Treatment

Abstract:

The microstructures and mechanical properties of AlCoCrFeNi0.3 high-entropy alloys (HEAs) are tailored through heat treatment. During heat treatment, the dendrite phase with a body-centered-cubic (bcc) structure transformed into the interdendrite phase with a bcc structure. Due to the element accumulation with higher hardness in the interdendrites and the increase of volume fraction of interdendrites, the average hardness of AlCoCrFeNi0.3 HEAs increased with the heat-treatment temperature, and the highest hardness was 625 HV. After 500 heat treatment, the optimized mechanical properties under quasi-static compression were achieved, and the yielding strength and fracture plasticity were 2.30 GPa and 9 %, respectively. Upon dynamic loading, the mechanical properties of HEAs were greatly enhanced.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 745-746)
• Pages: 768-774
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.745-746.768
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Jun Wei Qiao, Y.F. Wang, R.Q. Wang, J.Y. Shi, S.B. Sang, H.J. Yang
• Keywords: Dynamic Loading, Heat Treatment, High Entropy Alloy, Mechanical Property

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