Effects of Nb additions on the microstructure and mechanical property of CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys

A series of five-component CoCrFeNiNb_x high entropy alloys (HEAs) were synthesized to investigate alloying effects of the large atom Nb on the structure and tensile properties. Microstructures of these alloys were examined using scanning electron microscopy and the phase evolution was characterized and compared using the ΔH_mix–δ and ΔX criteria. It was found that the microstructure changes from the initial single face-centered cubic (FCC) to duplex FCC plus hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structure with additions of Nb. The current alloy system exhibits a hypoeutectic structure and the volume fraction of the Nb-enriched Laves phase with the HCP structure increases with increasing the Nb content, which is mainly responsible for the increment in the yield and fracture strength. Particularly, the Nb_0.155 alloy containing a 9.3% Nb-enriched Laves phase exhibits the most promising mechanical properties with the yield strength and plastic strain as high as 321 MPa and 21.3%, respectively. The ΔH_mix–δ criteria well describe the phase selection for the thermally treated alloys, while the physical parameter ΔX fails to predict the appearance of the Nb-enriched Laves phase in this alloy system.     

添加W对机械合金化TiAl合金显微组织和性能的影响

采用机械合金化结合粉末冶金技术制备了Ti-44．7A1-xW（at％）合金材料。采用透射电镜、扫描电镜和金相显微镜研究不同W添加量对机械合金化TiAl基合金的显微组织和高温抗氧化性能的影响，并对合金的力学性能进行测试。研究表明，通过机械合金化在TiAl基合金系统中添加微量W元素会形成新的固溶体相，这种新成分相大大提高TiAl基合金的抗弯强度σb当W添加量为1．0at％时，σb达到峰值；随后随着W含量的增加，抗弯强度降低。W元素的添加有效的制约了合金基体的内部氧化，使TiAl合金的高温抗氧化性能明显提高。     

机械合金化对W-20Cu复合材料的显微组织与性能的影响

采用机械合金化结合粉末冶金技术制备W-20Cu（vo1％）复合材料。利用扫描电镜和金相显微镜对不同球磨时间的W-20Cu复合材料显微组织进行表征，并对材料的各项物理性能进行测试。结果表明，随着球磨时间的延长，W-20Cu烧结体的组织越来越均匀，Cu相分布也越来越均匀。W-20Cu烧结体密度、收缩率、硬度、抗弯强度随球磨时间的延长而增大；球磨20h的W-20Cu复合粉烧结体热导率达到峰值（130．61Wm^-1K^-1），继续球磨，热导率减小。综合考虑所有研究结果，通过机械合金化所制备的W-Cu复合粉体可以获得具有优异综合物理性能的W-20Cu复合材料。     

Effects of microstructures on mechanical properties of Ti-63 titanium alloy

The microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-63 pancakes were investigated under different heat-treatment modes. Pancake No. 1, with an as-forged bimodal structure, was β annealed at 930°C for 1 h. Its structure was changed to a Widmanstatten structure with continuous grain boundary α phase and long lamellar α phase. The pancake showed a good combination of strength, ductility and fracture toughness. Pancake No. 2, with an as-forged bimodal structure, was aged at 540°C for 8 h after annealing at 930°C for 1 h. Other than the fine secondary α precipitates, it showed a similar microstructure to that of pancake No. 1. The fine precipitates can enhance the pancake’s strength while reducing the ductility and fracture toughness. Pancake No. 3, with an as-forged basket-weave structure, was annealed at 750°C for 1 h. Its structure was nearly unchanged and it achieved a better ductility but a slightly lower fracture toughness than pancake No. 1.     

Effect of alloying elements on mechanical properties in Cu-15%Cr in-situ composites

The effects of alloying elements on the mechanical properties as well as electrical conductivity in Cu-15% (mass fraction) in-situ composites were systemalically studied and high strength and high electrical conductive Cu base in-situ composites have been developed. The best combination is the addition of 0.1% to 0.2% Zr, Ti, or Sn in Cu-15%Cr in-situ composite, thermomechanical treatment to refine the microstructure and optimizing the precipitation of second phase. The strength is controlled by high density of dislocations in the Cu matrix, the lamellar spacing of the second phase, and the fine Cr precipitates. The aging treatment to reduce solute atoms has a beneficial effect on the increase of electrical conductivity. The addition of Zr, or Ti of about 0. 15% to 0.2% promotes the precipitation of Cr particles.     

Preparation of W–Al–Mo ternary alloys by mechanical alloying

Single phase W_XAl₅₀Mo_50−X (X = 40, 30, 20 and 10) powders have been synthesized directly by mechanical alloying (MA). The structural evolutions during MA and subsequent as-milled powders by annealing at 1400 °C have been analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Different from the Mo₅₀Al₅₀ alloy, W₄₀Al₅₀Mo₁₀ and W₃₀Al₅₀Mo₂₀ alloys were stable at 1400 °C under vacuum. The results of high-pressure sintering indicated that the microhardnesses of two compositions, namely W₄₀Al₅₀Mo₁₀ and W₃₀Al₅₀Mo₂₀ alloys have higher values compared with W₅₀Al₅₀ alloy.     

形变热处理对用微量Cr合金化的Cu-Zn合金组织性能的影响

用中频熔炼半连续铸锭技术制备了一种成分为Cu-2Zn-0.6Cr的合金,铸锭经热挤压成28 mm×8 mm的条材并进行在线水淬,之后对条材分别实施时效和冷拉变形时效两种处理,冷拉变形量为35%。测试了合金的拉伸力学性能和电学性能,用金相、X射线衍射和电子显微分析研究了不同处理态合金的微观组织结构及其变化。研究结果表明:研究合金有很强的时效强化效应和优良的中温特性;时效前的预泠变形可以显著提高合金的强度,强度增量达到130 MPa;这种合金最佳的形变热处理工艺为在线固溶-35%冷拉变形-450℃下时效4 h,在此条件下合金抗拉强度和屈服强度分别达到467 MPa和390 MPa,延伸率和电导率分别达到20.8%和64.5%IACS。显微组织结构分析结果表明,形变热处理状态的合金力学性能和电学性能由时效过程中的回复再结晶和时效析出两个过程控制,合金的高强度主要来源于预冷变形引起的亚结构强化和Cr粒子的析出强化。     

合金化和形变处理对Cu-Mg-Te-Y合金组织性能的影响

制备具有高强高导性能的铜合金,研究添加Mg和微量的Y对合金的组织和性能的影响。通过变形和退火等工艺处理后,Cu-0.47Mg-0.2Te-0.04Y合金的性能指标可达到：抗拉强度510 MPa,伸长率11%,导电率大于63% IACS。稀土元素Y的熔体净化作用、细晶强化作用和添加适量Mg产生的固溶强化作用能够提高合金的力学性能和导电率。     

Effects of surface alloying on electrochemical corrosion behavior of oxygen-plasma-modified biomedical magnesium alloy

Mg–3Nd–0.2Zn–0.4Zr alloy with good mechanical properties is a new type of biodegradable magnesium alloy. In order to improve the surface stability in the initial healing stage and foster tissue growth on biomedical implants made of this Mg alloy, oxygen plasma immersion ion implantation (O-PIII) is conducted to modify the alloy surface. Although O-PIII increases the thickness of the surface oxide, no significant improvement in the surface corrosion resistance is observed. Hence, surface alloying with Al and Cr by means of high-energy ion implantation is conducted prior to O-PIII. The electrochemical data obtained in simulated body fluids, including polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS), reveal that the surface corrosion resistance is improved after surface alloying. Our results show that surface alloying with Cr produces the best result in this study. The improvement stems from the formation of Al or Cr-containing oxide films in the implanted layer.     

The influence of heat treatment and deep rolling on the mechanical properties and integrity of AISI 1060 steel

This work addresses the influence of distinct microstructures and deep rolling parameters on the behaviour of AISI 1060 steel. For this purpose, the work material was initially subjected to subcritical and full annealing as well as to hardening through quenching and tempering. The specimens were subsequently deep rolled under different rolling pressures and numbers of passes. The findings indicate that plastic deformation increases with rolling pressure and number of passes due to more intense cold working and that under identical deep rolling conditions the fully annealed material presents more severe deformation than the subcritically annealed samples. Moreover, the ability of deep rolling to increase surface hardness decreases with the elevation of the hardness of the original material. The values of the yield and ultimate tensile strength were affected in different manners by deep rolling depending on work material condition and the tensile residual stresses observed after turning were converted into compressive values by deep rolling. Finally, the elevation of rolling pressure and number of passes presented distinct effects on the microhardness distribution beneath the surface depending on the work material condition.     

合金化对TiAl合金高温变形行为的影响

TiAl合金的热加工（锻造、热挤压、板材轧制等）窗口窄,高温变形能力差,室温脆性大等成为限制其应用的关键因素,本文主要综述了合金成分对TiAl合金热变形加工以及超塑性成形影响等方面的研究现状,从TiAl合金的晶体结构、β相含量、显微组织细化、热变形激活能四个方面探讨了合金成分对TiAl合金热变形加工的影响,并指出合金化方式提高TiAl合金热变形加工能力应该遵循的几点原则,以及TiAl合金热变形加工的未来发展趋势。     

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline FeAl obtained by mechanical alloying and cold consolidation

In the present study high energy mechanical milling followed by cold temperature pressing consolidation has been used to obtain bulk nanocrystalline FeAl alloy. Fully dense disks with homogenous microstructure were obtained and bulk material show grain size of 40 nm. Thermal stability of the bulk material is studied by XRD and DSC techniques. Subsequent annealing at a temperature up to 480 °C for 2 h of the consolidated samples enabled supersaturated Fe(Al) solid solution to precipitate out fine metastable Al₅Fe₂, Al₁₃Fe₄ and Fe₃Al intermetallic phases. Low temperature annealing is responsible for the relaxation of the disordered structure by removing defects initially introduced by severe plastic deformation. Microhardness shows an increase with grain size reduction, as expected from Hall-Petch relationship at least down to a grain size of 74 nm, then a decrease at smallest grain sizes. This could be an indication of some softening for finest nanocrystallites. The peak hardening for the bulk nanocrystalline FeAl is detected after isochronal ageing at 480 °C.     

Influences of different prior heat treatments on the microstructural and mechanical properties of Cu-Fe filamentary composites

Cu-6 wt.% Fe and Cu-12 wt.% Fe filamentary composites were prepared by casting and cold drawing. And a different heat treatment of quenching and aging or homogenizing was introduced before cold drawing process, respectively. The microstructure was observed and the tensile strength measured for the composites at different drawing strains. The quenching and aging or homogenizing prior to drawing deformation refine the as-cast microstructure and result in the increase in interface density in the drawn microstructure. The drawn alloys with the homogenizing treatment show smaller filament spacing than those with the quenching and aging treatment because homogenizing results in smaller and more dispersive primary Fe dendrites before drawing deformation. The heat treatments can improve the strength of the composites by increasing precipitation strengthening and interface strengthening levels. With the reduction in filament spacing during drawing deformation, the strength of the alloys with smaller initial size of Fe dendrites increases more obviously.     

Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe-based amorphous coatings

Amorphous coatings were fabricated by arc spraying and the effect of the post heat treatment on the microstructure, and the mechanical properties of arc sprayed coatings were studied. Post heat treatment was conducted in the atmospheric environment within the temperature ranged from 500 °C to 800 °C. The microstructure characteristics were analyzed by means of optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that with the increase of anneal temperature, the microstructure of the sprayed coatings had several changes as follows: the reduction of porosity, the decomposition and the crystallization of amorphous phase, and the formation of precipitates. The microhardness of the sprayed coatings increased after the heat treatment and it can reached to 1275 HV_300g at the post treated at 600 °C. All the coatings exhibited an excellent abrasive wear resistance, approximately 6 times higher than that of the arc-sprayed 3Cr13 coating.     

固溶处理对IN718合金显微组织和力学性能的影响

IN718合金具有优异的高温力学性能和良好的加工能力,广泛地用于航空发动机涡轮盘、压气机盘和传动轴。合金的力学性能,特别是蠕变和疲劳性能是决定发动机安全性和可靠性的关键因素。本文主要研究900~1050 oC固溶处理对合金显微组织和力学性能（包括室温和650 oC高温拉伸,650 oC/700 MPa持久,450 oC低周疲劳）的影响。结果表明：900~990 oC固溶处理,?相体积分数随温度升高而降低,晶粒尺寸保持不变。 990~1050 oC固溶处理,?相回溶,晶粒尺寸从???m长大到????m。借助于显微组织的少量调整,?????合金可以满足航空、石化、核能等领域高温、耐蚀、抗辐射的使用要求。     

Microstructure and high-temperature mechanical properties of Nb-silicide based in-situ composites

Nb-15W-18Si-xHf （x = 0, 5, 10 and 15, mole fraction, %） alloys were prepared by arc melting and then homogenized at 1 750 ℃ for 50 h. The microstructure and mechanical behaviors, such as Vickers hardness, fracture toughness, room- and hightemperature strength of the alloys were investigated. The microstructure of the annealed Nb-15W-18Si-xHf alloys is composed of large primary Nbss dendrite and fine eutectic mixture of Nbss and MsSi3 silicide. Both the hardness and the fracture toughness show an increase tendency at room temperature with increase of Hf content. The 0.2% compressive yield strength, σ0.2 of the alloys with 5 %Hf and 10%Hf are larger than 960 MPa at 1 200 ℃, and about 500 MPa even at 1 500 ℃.     

A Quantitative Study on the Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Orientation of Titanium Hydride in Electrochemically Hydrogenated Pure Titanium

The electrochemical hydrogen charging of pure titanium and its alloys has been investigated previously, while how a subsequent annealing treatment affects the type of hydride and its orientation relationship with matrix is not clear. In the present study, a quantitative study on the microstructure and orientation of titanium hydrides during electrochemical hydrogen charging and subsequent annealing treatment was carried out using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction. The results show that δ-hydride is the main in both the electrochemically hydrogenated sample and the subsequent annealing treated sample. After electrochemical hydrogen charging for 48 h, the surface is mainly composed of dense δ-hydride with a thickness of approximately 42 μm, the orientation relationship between α-matrix and δ-hydride follows only the orientation relationship of OR2, {0001}_α//{1$\overline{1}$1}_δ, $\langle 1\overline{2}10\rangle_{\alpha }$//$\langle 110\rangle_{\delta }$ and an interface plane $\{ 10\overline{1}3\}_{\alpha }$//$\{ 1\overline{1}0\}_{\delta }$. Besides OR2, a part of hydrides show an orientation relationship of OR1 with the matrix after annealing, {0001}_α//{001}_δ, $\langle 1\overline{2}10\rangle_{\alpha }$//$\langle 110\rangle_{\delta }$ and an interface plane of $\{ 10\overline{1}0\}_{\alpha }$//$\{ 1\overline{1}0\}_{\delta }$. It is further found that the relative frequency of OR1and OR2 is closely related to annealing duration. Under an argon atmosphere at 450 °C, the frequencies of OR1 and OR2 are nearly balance with an annealing time of 12 h, while OR1 becomes to be the predominant one with a relative frequency of 96.5% after annealing for 96 h. The mechanism for the evolution of orientation relationship of hydrides with annealing time was discussed.     

Effects of sample thickness on microstructures and mechanical properties of A357 alloy

Abstract

The effects of sample thickness on the density, microstructures and mechanical properties of as cast Al alloy were investigated. Microstructures were observed with a scanning electron microscope. Mechanical properties were studied at room temperature. The results show that the sample thickness has minor influence on the relative density of Al alloy. The obtained relative density up to ～99·24% was confirmed that the vacuum counter–pressure casting has the excellent solidification mechanism. The microstructures were refined and the secondary dendrite arm spacing was decreased with the decrease in sample thickness, and the ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and elongation were improved. The ultimate tensile strength and elongation could be related to their secondary dendrite arm spacing using linear equations. With the increase in sample thickness, the quasi-cleavage fractures were increased and the number of dimples got an evident reduction in fracture surfaces.