Enhanced wear-resistance of TiZrHfNbx refractory high entropy alloys meditated by subsurface instabilities

Ke Hua, Qiong Wan, Ziqi Zhou, Qing Zhou, Xiaolin Li, Hongxing Wu, Haifeng Wang

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Abstract

A sliding enhanced wear-resistance can be significantly achieved by reducing the content of Nb element in TiZrHfNb refractory high entropy alloys (RHEAs). The wear loss reduced by half from TiZrHfNb to TiZrHfNb0.4. The wear loss is directly related to the subsurface instabilities induced by plastic deformation during friction. The origins can be attributed to two factors: i) plastic deformation induced grain refinement; ii) deformation-induced BCC to HCP phase transformation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number131612
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume311
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2022

Keywords

  • Microstructure
  • Plastic deformation
  • Refractory high entropy alloy
  • Wear and tribology

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