Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5456716 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2017 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, we systematically investigated flow behavior of a high entropy alloy (HEA) strengthened by coherent γⲠprecipitates in the temperature range of 1023-1173 K. In contrast to the single-phase FeCoNiCrMn HEA, this precipitate-hardened alloy, i.e., (FeCoNiCr)94Ti2Al4, exhibited large reduction of the steady-state strain rate (by ~2 orders of magnitude) or drastic enhancement in flow stress, indicating significant improvement in high-temperature properties. Our results showed that the deformation could be divided into two regimes. At temperatures below 1123 K, coherent γⲠprecipitates effectively blocked the dislocation motion, thus resulted in a threshold stress effect. Above 1123 K, however, γⲠparticles dissolved and the deformation was controlled by the ordinary dislocation climb mechanism. In addition, we conducted transmission electron microscopy to characterize dislocation-precipitate interaction to provide microstructural evidences to support our conclusion of the specific deformation mechanisms in the two temperature regimes.
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Authors
J.Y. He, H. Wang, Y. Wu, X.J. Liu, T.G. Nieh, Z.P. Lu,