Effect of Ti Content on the Microstructure and Properties of CoCrFeNiMnTix High Entropy Alloy

Yuhua Chen; Wenkuo Liu; Hongwei Wang; Jilin Xie; Timing Zhang; Limeng Yin; Yongde Huang

doi:10.3390/e24020241

Effect of Ti Content on the Microstructure and Properties of CoCrFeNiMnTi_x High Entropy Alloy

Entropy (Basel). 2022 Feb 4;24(2):241. doi: 10.3390/e24020241.

Authors

Yuhua Chen^{1

2}, Wenkuo Liu¹, Hongwei Wang¹, Jilin Xie^{1

3}, Timing Zhang^{1

3}, Limeng Yin², Yongde Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Forming and Joining Technology for Aerospace Components, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China.
² School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the Ti element addition on the microstructure and properties of CoCrFeNiMn high entropy alloys. The Ti element modified CoCrFeNiMnTi_x high entropy alloys were prepared by vacuum arc melting processing. The Ti rich body-centered cubic structure phase was observed in CoCrFeNiMnTi_0.25 and CoCrFeNiMnTi_0.55 instead of a simple face-centered cubic structure in CoCrFeNiMn. The amount of the Ti-rich phase depicted an increasing trend with increasing Ti content. Simultaneously, the mechanical properties of CoCrFeNiMnTi_x were obviously improved. When the Ti content is 0, 0.25 and 0.55, the microhardness is 175 HV, 253 HV and 646 HV, which has an obvious increasing trend, while the ductility decreased. The tensile properties show a trend of first strengthening and then decreasing, changing from 461 MPa to 631 MPa and then to 287 MPa. When x was 0.55, the solid-liquid transition temperature of the alloy decreased, and the melting temperature range increased.

Keywords: Ti element modification; high entropy alloy; microstructure; properties.

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