Effect of strain rate on mechanical properties of HCP/FCC dual-phase CoCrFeNiNb0.5 high-entropy alloy

Zi hao MA, Bing HOU, Dong yang QIN, Yu long LI

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Abstract

By using split-Hopkinson pressure bar, scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope, the influence of strain rate on mechanical behavior of the as-cast CoCrFeNiNb0.5 high-entropy alloy (HEA) consisting of hexagonal close-packed (HCP) pro-eutectic phase and eutectic structure (HCP laminate and face-centered cubic (FCC) laminate) was investigated. As the strain rate increases from 1×10−4 to 6×103 s−1, it is found that yield strength does not increase evidently and that fracture strain drops drastically. Quasi-static deformation mechanism of HCP laminate is the multiplication of tangled dislocation. However, the dynamic deformation mechanism of HCP laminate is shearing. Shearing may lead to the formation of the micro-crack at low compression strain of 0.1. Since the number of the micro-crack increases rapidly with the increase of dynamic compression strain, the avalanche fracture of HEA, which is caused by the covalence of micro-crack evolved from the shearing of HCP laminate, occurred, contributing to the dynamic compressive embrittlement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1144-1155
Number of pages12
JournalTransactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)
Volume33
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

Keywords

  • ductile-to-brittle transformation
  • eutectic structure
  • high strain rate
  • high-entropy alloy
  • shearing

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