Compound Formation and Microstructure of As-Cast High Entropy Aluminums
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2018-03-09
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The aim of this work is to study the microstructure of four high entropy alloys (HEAs) produced by large scale vacuum die casting. Al40Cu15Mn5Ni5Si20Zn15, Al45Cu15Mn5Fe5Si5Ti5Zn20, Al35Cu5Fe5Mn5Si30V10Zr10, and Al50Ca5Cu5Ni10Si20Ti10 alloys formed a mixture of different structures, containing intermetallic compound (IC) and solid solution (SS) phases. The phases observed in the casting alloys were compared with the equilibrium phases predicted by Thermo-Calc. The measured densities varied from 3.33 g/cm−3 to 5.07 g/cm−3 and microhardness from 437 Hv to 887 Hv. Thus, the microhardness and estimated strength/density ratios are significantly higher than other lightweight high entropy alloys (LWHEAs).
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Publisher Copyright: © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Lightweight high entropy alloys , Complex concentrated alloys , Microstructure , Intermetallic compounds , Thermo-Calc , Lightweight high entropy alloys , Complex concentrated alloys , Microstructure , Intermetallic compounds , Thermo-Calc , General Materials Science , Metals and Alloys , Funding Info , This work has been partially funded by the Basque Government through the project Elkartek:_x000D_ KK-2017/00007. , This work has been partially funded by the Basque Government through the project Elkartek:_x000D_ KK-2017/00007.
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Sanchez , J M , Vicario , I , Albizuri , J , Guraya , T , Koval , N & Garcia , J 2018 , ' Compound Formation and Microstructure of As-Cast High Entropy Aluminums ' , Metals , vol. 8 , no. 3 , 167 . https://doi.org/10.3390/met8030167