Deformation Behavior of Fe-Al-Co Single Crystals Containing CoAl Precipitates

Abstract:

The effect of the CoAl precipitates on the deformation behavior of Fe-15.0Al-15.0Co (at.%) single crystals was examined. The spherical CoAl phase with the B2 structure was precipitated in the single crystals and was stable below 974 K. The bcc matrix and CoAl phase satisfied the cube-on-cube orientation relationship with a misfit strain of 0.25%. The single crystals showed a high yield stress up to 923 K while the stress dropped at 1023 K due to the dissolution of the CoAl phase into the matrix. Moreover, the activated sip system of the crystals containing the CoAl precipitates depended strongly on loading axis. At <149> orientation, {101} <111> slip favorable for the bcc matrix and the CoAl precipitates were sheared by a pair of 1/2<111> dislocations without forming Orowan loops. The CoAl single phase was known to hardly deform by <111> slip which resulted in high strength at <149> orientation. In contrast, {010} <001> or {hk0} <001> slip favorable for the CoAl precipitates was activated at <011> orientation, although the volume fraction of the CoAl phase was very small. <001> slip was generally impossible to take place in the bcc matrix, leading to the extreme hardening. Therefore, the difference in primary slip system between the bcc matrix and CoAl precipitates was responsible for the significant precipitation hardening.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 783-786)
• Pages: 2869-2874
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.783-786.2869
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Hiroyuki Y. Yasuda, Kentaro Soma, Yoshiaki Odawara
• Keywords: High-Temperature Structural Materials, Intermetallic Compound, Precipitation Hardening

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