Nassar, A, Mullis, A orcid.org/0000-0002-5215-9959, Cochrane, R et al. (3 more authors) (2022) Rapid solidification of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 High-entropy Alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 900. 163350. ISSN 0925-8388
Abstract
In this work the effect of cooling rate on the dual-phase (L12/B2) AlCoCrFeNi2.1 Eutectic High-Entropy Alloy was investigated. AlCoCrFeNi2.1 powders were made using a drop-tube facility, achieving powders of sizes ranging from 850 µm ≤ d < 1000–38 µm ≤ d < 53 µm with corresponding estimated cooling rates of 114 Ks−1 to K s−1 respectively. Average interlamellar spacing decreases from 2.10 µm in the as-cast alloy to 348 nm in the powders of the 38 µm < d < 53 µm size fraction. Although decreased interlamellar spacing is expected to enhance microhardness, such a relation was not as strong as expected, with microhardness of the powders found to vary only slightly from an average value of 340 Hv0.03. This unexpected result is explained via the observation of increased FCC volume fraction. With increasing cooling rate, the microstructure of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 was found to evolve gradually from regular eutectic to colony eutectic, followed by dendritic with eutectic the interdendritic regions. In particles of size d < 212 µm BCC dendrites were observed, either dominating the structure or coexisting with FCC dendrites.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Eutectic High-Entropy Alloy; Interlamellar spacing; Cooling rate; Microhardness; Disorder trapping |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/N007638/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 15:24 |
Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2022 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.163350 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:182923 |