Heterostructured eutectic high-entropy alloys(EHEAs)have attracted significant attention owing to their novel properties,such as balanced combinations of strength and fracture toughness.However,the toughening/strength...Heterostructured eutectic high-entropy alloys(EHEAs)have attracted significant attention owing to their novel properties,such as balanced combinations of strength and fracture toughness.However,the toughening/strengthening mechanisms of these EHEAs have not been thoroughly investigated.In this study,we developed a series of dual-phase Al_((18–2x))Co_(30)Cr_((11+x))Fe_((11+x))Ni_(3)0(x=-1,0,1)eutectic and neareutectic HEAs containing face-centered cubic(FCC)and body-centered cubic(BCC)phases.Despite the high amount of BCC,which is referred to as the brittle phase,newly developed EHEAs exhibited superior fracture toughness.Interestingly,we discovered that a fully eutectic HEA exhibited further improvements in both yield stress and fracture toughness,outperforming our off-eutectic and other previously reported HEAs.By combining experiments and theoretical models,we demonstrated that the synergistic increase in both strength and toughness in our fully eutectic HEA was derived from the high hetero-deformationinduced(HDI)strengthening/toughening associated with a high misorientation angle at the grain/phase boundaries.展开更多
Fe-Cr-Al alloys,owing to their absence of allotropic transformation,require multiple cycles of rolling and recrystallization annealing processes to achieve substantial grain refinement,ultimately leading to the attain...Fe-Cr-Al alloys,owing to their absence of allotropic transformation,require multiple cycles of rolling and recrystallization annealing processes to achieve substantial grain refinement,ultimately leading to the attainment of outstanding mechanical properties.However,the corresponding manufacturing costs will also increase greatly.In this work,we have proposed a new microstructural preparation process.Sim-ply using warm rolling for an ultra-coarse-grained Fe-Cr-Al alloy to introduce lamellar kink bands(KBs)into the matrix,the mechanical properties can be significantly improved.By using electron backscatter diffraction(EBSD)and transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and combined with Schmid factor(SF)calculation,the formation mechanism of KBs has been revealed.When the slip plane and direction are nearly perpendicular to the loading force direction(LFD)during the continuous grain rotation,the dislo-cation wall will evolve into the KBs boundaries.Simultaneously,a huge orientation separation between the matrix and KBs will be produced.As strain continues to rise,KBs undergo a transformation,tran-sitioning from low-angle-grain boundaries(LAGBs)to high-angle-grain boundaries(HAGBs),occasionally adopting a configuration as coincident site lattice(CSL)boundaries with reduced interface energy.Re-sults of the tensile test,cyclic loading-unloading-reloading tensile test,and the strengthening calculation show that KBs can pronouncedly enhance the strength by their heterogeneous refinement on the original grains and hetero-deformation induced(HDI)strengthening effect from the dislocation density discrep-ancy between the matrix and internal KBs,the grains containing KBs(KBGs)and the grains without KBs(or KBs-free-grains,KFGs).The theoretical calculation value of the strengthening contribution from KBs on yield strength can be up to 225.5 MPa,with a minimum value exceeding 153 MPa.On the other hand,the ductility can be retained to some extent through stimulating the KBs boundary delamination mecha-nism.The present study provides a low-cost and feasible processing method for fabricating Fe-Cr-Al alloy with high strength and good ductility.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52071035)Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research,China(No.2020B0301030006)。
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(No.NRF-2021R1A6A3A0108674211)the Fundamental Research Program of the Korean Institute of Materials Science(No.PNK8730)by Research Grant Council(RGC),Hong Kong Government,through General Research Fund(Nos.CityU11213118,CityU11200719 and CityU11209317).
文摘Heterostructured eutectic high-entropy alloys(EHEAs)have attracted significant attention owing to their novel properties,such as balanced combinations of strength and fracture toughness.However,the toughening/strengthening mechanisms of these EHEAs have not been thoroughly investigated.In this study,we developed a series of dual-phase Al_((18–2x))Co_(30)Cr_((11+x))Fe_((11+x))Ni_(3)0(x=-1,0,1)eutectic and neareutectic HEAs containing face-centered cubic(FCC)and body-centered cubic(BCC)phases.Despite the high amount of BCC,which is referred to as the brittle phase,newly developed EHEAs exhibited superior fracture toughness.Interestingly,we discovered that a fully eutectic HEA exhibited further improvements in both yield stress and fracture toughness,outperforming our off-eutectic and other previously reported HEAs.By combining experiments and theoretical models,we demonstrated that the synergistic increase in both strength and toughness in our fully eutectic HEA was derived from the high hetero-deformationinduced(HDI)strengthening/toughening associated with a high misorientation angle at the grain/phase boundaries.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1867201)Key Project of Nuclear Safety and Advanced Nuclear Technology(No.2019YFB1901002)“the Project supported by State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy”,Central South University,Changsha,China。
文摘Fe-Cr-Al alloys,owing to their absence of allotropic transformation,require multiple cycles of rolling and recrystallization annealing processes to achieve substantial grain refinement,ultimately leading to the attainment of outstanding mechanical properties.However,the corresponding manufacturing costs will also increase greatly.In this work,we have proposed a new microstructural preparation process.Sim-ply using warm rolling for an ultra-coarse-grained Fe-Cr-Al alloy to introduce lamellar kink bands(KBs)into the matrix,the mechanical properties can be significantly improved.By using electron backscatter diffraction(EBSD)and transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and combined with Schmid factor(SF)calculation,the formation mechanism of KBs has been revealed.When the slip plane and direction are nearly perpendicular to the loading force direction(LFD)during the continuous grain rotation,the dislo-cation wall will evolve into the KBs boundaries.Simultaneously,a huge orientation separation between the matrix and KBs will be produced.As strain continues to rise,KBs undergo a transformation,tran-sitioning from low-angle-grain boundaries(LAGBs)to high-angle-grain boundaries(HAGBs),occasionally adopting a configuration as coincident site lattice(CSL)boundaries with reduced interface energy.Re-sults of the tensile test,cyclic loading-unloading-reloading tensile test,and the strengthening calculation show that KBs can pronouncedly enhance the strength by their heterogeneous refinement on the original grains and hetero-deformation induced(HDI)strengthening effect from the dislocation density discrep-ancy between the matrix and internal KBs,the grains containing KBs(KBGs)and the grains without KBs(or KBs-free-grains,KFGs).The theoretical calculation value of the strengthening contribution from KBs on yield strength can be up to 225.5 MPa,with a minimum value exceeding 153 MPa.On the other hand,the ductility can be retained to some extent through stimulating the KBs boundary delamination mecha-nism.The present study provides a low-cost and feasible processing method for fabricating Fe-Cr-Al alloy with high strength and good ductility.
