Strengthening and strain hardening mechanisms in precipitation-hardened CrCoNi medium entropy alloys
2021
Abstract The CrCoNiSixAlx (x = 0.1, 0.2) medium entropy alloys (MEAs) were designed to achieve significant improvement in strength and strain hardening via the minor addition of Si and Al elements to the CrCoNi MEA. The B2+σ precipitation structure was formed on the CrCoNiSi0.2Al0.2 MEA. Compared to CrCoNi MEA, the yield and ultimate tensile strengths of the CrCoNiSi0.2Al0.2 MEA enhanced from 380 MPa to 850 MPa and 790 MPa to 1287 MPa, respectively, while the uniform elongation was 23 ± 5% that outperformed various advanced steels and Al-added MEAs/HEAs. The Orowan+shearing precipitation hardening mechanisms together with the deformation twins in a face-centered cubic (FCC) matrix were identified to improve the strength and strain hardening capacity. These findings provide guidance for the development of precipitation-hardened MEAs/HEAs with strength-ductility synergy.
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