Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7972110 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2018 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Al0.1CoCrFeNi is a single-phase FCC high entropy alloy (HEA) that promises remarkable work-hardening due to its low stacking fault energy (SFE) resulting in suppression of cross-slip and dynamic recovery. The cast material of low yield strength was cold-worked to enhance strength; and then subjected to recovery and recrystallization treatments to improve ductility. Mechanical responses from standard tensile testing at quasi-static strain rate of 10â3 sâ1 were coupled with dynamic deformation from split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) testing at 103 sâ1 to study strain rate sensitivity (SRS) and its microstructural dependence in various conditions generated by thermomechanical processing. While dynamic work-hardening remained high in all microstructural conditions, SRS was highly sensitive to the nature of obstacles in each condition. The cast condition showed a moderate SRS of 0.017, but introduction of dislocation tangles and large deformation twins with cold work rendered a sharp drop in SRS to ~ 0. As the density of these defects is reduced during low-temperature annealing treatments, the recovered microstructures showed SRS recuperating back to original SRS level of 0.017. Higher temperature treatments resulted in partial recrystallization and lower SRS <â¯0.008 due to additional athermal strength contribution from grain refinement in the recrystallized portions and remnant cold work in unrecrystallized portions. Dynamic work-hardening remained very high at ~ 1600â¯MPa in all conditions from a combination of dynamic recovery suppression and intense twinning that is inherent to the HEA from its low SFE.
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Authors
Sindhura Gangireddy, Liu Kaimiao, Bharat Gwalani, Rajiv Mishra,