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The Effect of Zr Addition on Melting Temperature, Microstructure, Recrystallization and Mechanical Properties of a Cantor High Entropy Alloy

Version 1 : Received: 20 July 2021 / Approved: 21 July 2021 / Online: 21 July 2021 (10:06:12 CEST)

How to cite: Campari, E.G.; Casagrande, A.; Colombini, E.; Gualtieri, M.; Veronesi, P. The Effect of Zr Addition on Melting Temperature, Microstructure, Recrystallization and Mechanical Properties of a Cantor High Entropy Alloy. Preprints 2021, 2021070479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0479.v1 Campari, E.G.; Casagrande, A.; Colombini, E.; Gualtieri, M.; Veronesi, P. The Effect of Zr Addition on Melting Temperature, Microstructure, Recrystallization and Mechanical Properties of a Cantor High Entropy Alloy. Preprints 2021, 2021070479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0479.v1

Abstract

The effect of Zr addition on the melting temperature of the CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy (HEA), known as the “Cantor’s Alloy”, is investigated, together with its microstructure, mechan-ical properties and thermo-mechanical recrystallization process. The base and Zr-modified al-loys are obtained by vacuum induction melting of mechanically pre-alloyed powders followed by recrystallization. The alloys were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmis-sion electron microscopy, thermal analyses, mechanical spectroscopy and indentation measures. The main advantages of Zr addition are: 1) a fast vacuum induction melting (VIM) process; 2) the lower melting temperature, due to Zr eutectics formation with all the Cantor’s alloy elements; 3) the good chemical alloy homogeneity; 4) the mechanical properties improvement of recrystallized grains with a coherent structure. The crystallographic lattice of both alloys resulted to be FCC. Results demonstrate that the Zr-modified HEA presents a higher recrystallization temperature and smaller grain size after recrystallization with respect to the Cantor’s alloy, with precipita-tion of a coherent second phase which enhance the alloy hardness and strength, while maintaining a good tensile ductility.

Keywords

high entropy alloy; microstructure; vacuum induction melting; heat treatment; mechanical spectroscopy; Zirconium

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterials

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