Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 2045-2057.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-023-01623-7

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Microstructure Evolution and Tensile Properties of the Alx(CoCrNi)100-x Medium-Entropy Alloys

Ji-Peng Zou1,2, Xue-Mei Luo1(), Bin Zhang3, Guo-Dong Liu1,2, Hong-Lei Chen1, Xiao-Fei Zhu1, Wen-Ke Yang1,2, Guang-Ping Zhang1()   

  1. 1Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    2School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
    3Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
  • Received:2023-07-02 Revised:2023-08-25 Accepted:2023-09-07 Online:2023-11-09 Published:2023-11-09
  • Contact: Xue-Mei Luo, Guang-Ping Zhang

Abstract:

A series of Alx(CoCrNi)100-x (x = 0-21 at.%) medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) were designed and prepared to investigate the effects of Al addition on the microstructures and tensile properties. The results reveal that the lattice structure changes from the initial single FCC structure (x < 10 at.%), to the FCC and disordered BCC structures (x = 10 and 11 at.%), then to the FCC and BCC/B2 structures (11 < x < 21 at.%), finally to the duplex BCC/B2 structures (x ≥ 21 at.%) with increasing Al addition. Consistent with microstructures, significant changes also occur in the corresponding tensile properties with Al addition, showing that the strength increases and the ductility decreases with increasing Al addition. Especially, the Al-15 MEA exhibits an acceptable balance of strength and ductility. Furthermore, the mechanism of microstructure evolution and the correlation between microstructures and tensile properties were also discussed and clarified.

Key words: Medium-entropy alloys, Microstructures, Tensile properties, Strengthening mechanisms