Effect of Heat Treatment Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 High-Entropy Alloy
HAN Linzhi1, MU Juan1(), ZHOU Yongkang2, ZHU Zhengwang2, ZHANG Haifeng2
1.Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China 2.Shi -changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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HAN Linzhi, MU Juan, ZHOU Yongkang, ZHU Zhengwang, ZHANG Haifeng. Effect of Heat Treatment Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 High-Entropy Alloy. Acta Metall Sin, 2022, 58(9): 1159-1168.
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) have great application potential in extreme conditions due to their outstanding high-temperature properties. However, several issues, such as high density, poor room temperature plasticity, and high cost limit their practical application. A new Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 (molar ratio) RHEA with a medium density of approximately 8.0 g/cm3 was prepared to address the aforementioned issues; the effects of heat treatment temperature on the alloy's microstructure and mechanical properties were systematically examined. The findings indicate that as-cast Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 RHEA contains Zr-rich and Ta-rich bcc phases and lath-like Zr5Sn3 intermetallics in the crystal. The volume fraction of the Ta-rich bcc phase gradually decreases with the increase in heat treatment temperature, and Zr5Sn3 intermetallic first increases and then decreases. The sample presents a near single-phase bcc structure when the heat treatment temperature is 1400oC. A series of samples have good compressive plastic deformation ability under quasi-static conditions, and the alloy's yield strength increased gradually with an increasing heat treatment temperature. The sample's yield strength quenched at 1400oC is as high as 1749 MPa. The alloy showed strain rate strengthening effect under dynamic loading, and the yield strength significantly increased. The sample's yield strength quenched at 1400oC reaches 2750 MPa; however, the plastic deformation ability is reduced. The reason why the strength increases with the heat treatment temperature is that the 9.8% average atomic size difference results in a significant solid solution strengthening effect.
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51771049);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51790484);National Key Laboratory Foundation of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact(JCKYS20-20602005)
About author: MU Juan, associate professor, Tel: (024)83691568, E-mail: muj@atm.neu.edu.cn
Fig.1 XRD spectra of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 high-entropy alloy (HEA) with different states (a) and enlarged spectra (b)
Fig.2 Lattice constants of bcc phases in the Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA with different states
Fig.3 BSE (a-e) and TEM (f) images of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA with different states (Inset shows the SAED pattern) (a) as-cast (b) 800oC, quenching (c) 1000oC, quenching (d) 1200oC, quenching (e, f) 1400oC, quenching
Fig.4 EDS mapping results of components in the Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA with different states (a) as-cast (b) 800oC, quenching (c) 1000oC, quenching (d) 1200oC, quenching (e) 1400oC, quenching
State
Region
Atomic fraction / %
Ti
Zr
Nb
Ta
Sn
As-cast
Nominal
14.5
43.3
24.2
11.8
6.2
bcc1
15.5
50.8
19.8
7.6
6.3
bcc2
13.0
25.8
35.6
23.4
2.1
800oC
Lath
13.6
45.5
22.1
9.9
9.0
bcc1
16.1
53.3
18.9
6.4
5.3
bcc2
13.7
26.3
34.9
23.8
1.9
1000oC
Lath
15.9
50.5
20.2
7.8
5.6
bcc1
16.5
51.8
20.2
7.8
5.6
bcc2
13.7
23.8
36.8
24.5
1.3
1200oC
Lath
13.4
43.7
22.6
10.9
9.4
bcc1
15.3
46.4
23.4
10.1
4.8
bcc2
13.8
23.4
36.2
25.0
1.6
1400oC
Lath
7.1
53.5
9.4
4.1
26.1
bcc1
14.5
43.3
24.3
11.7
6.3
bcc2
13.7
25.6
35.5
22.8
2.5
Table 1 EDS results of different positions in Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA with different states
Fig.5 Quasi-static compression properties of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA (a) stress-strain curves at 5 × 10-4 s-1 strain rate (b) variation trend of yield strenghand microhardness with heat treatment temperature
Fig.6 Lateral morphologies of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 alloy with different states after quasi-static compression tests (a) as-cast (b) 800oC, quenching (c) 1000oC, quenching (d) 1200oC, quenching (e) 1400oC, quenching
Fig.7 Dynamic compressive properties of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA (a) stress-strain curves at 2.5 × 103 s-1 strain rate (b) variation trend of yieldstrength with heat treatment temperature
Fig.8 Fracture morphologies of Ti0.5Zr1.5NbTa0.5Sn0.2 HEA at 2.5 × 103 s-1 strain rate (a) side macro morphology of fracture sample (b) as-cast (c) 800oC, quenching (d) 1000oC, quenching (e) 1200oC, quenching (f) 1400oC, quenching
Element
Ti
Zr
Nb
Ta
Sn
Ti
-
-
-
-
-
Zr
0
-
-
-
-
Nb
2
4
-
-
-
Ta
1
3
0
-
-
Sn
-21
-43
-1
-3
-
Table 2 Mixing enthalpy (ΔHmix) of Ti, Zr, Nb, Ta, and Sn binary alloy[25]
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