Structural Characteristic and Crystallization Behavior of the (Fe0.33Co0.33Ni0.33)84 -x Cr8Mn8B x High-Entropy-Amorphous Alloy Ribbons

doi:10.11900/0412.1961.2021.00100

Acta Metall Sin

2022, Vol. 58

Issue (2): 215-224 DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2021.00100

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Structural Characteristic and Crystallization Behavior of the (Fe_0.33Co_0.33Ni_0.33)₈₄_-_x Cr₈Mn₈B _x High-Entropy-Amorphous Alloy Ribbons

ZHANG Jinyong¹^,²(

), ZHAO Congcong¹, WU Yijin¹, CHEN Changjiu¹, CHEN Zheng¹, SHEN Baolong¹(

)

^1.School of Materials and Physics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
^2.State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China

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ZHANG Jinyong, ZHAO Congcong, WU Yijin, CHEN Changjiu, CHEN Zheng, SHEN Baolong. Structural Characteristic and Crystallization Behavior of the (Fe_0.33Co_0.33Ni_0.33)₈₄_-_x Cr₈Mn₈B _x High-Entropy-Amorphous Alloy Ribbons. Acta Metall Sin, 2022, 58(2): 215-224.

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The high-entropy-amorphous alloy (also called a pseudo-high-entropy alloy), as one of the categories of high-entropy alloys, is being developed as a new type of functional and structural high-strength material due to its advantages of high entropy and amorphousness. To further develop a new high-entropy-amorphous alloy, based on the results of previous studies, (Fe_0.33Co_0.33Ni_0.33)_{84 -}_x Cr₈Mn₈B _x (x = 10-18, atomic fraction, %) alloys were synthesized (hereafter, alloys 10B, 11B, 13B, 15B, and 18B). The ribbons with a thickness of 20-30 μm and a width of about 1.5 mm were produced by single-roller melt-spinning. The alloy ribbons were annealed at different temperatures and then characterized by XRD, DSC, TEM, SEM, OM, universal tensile testing machine, and Vickers hardness tester. The results show that the addition of B improves the glass-forming ability and thermal stability of these alloys. The ribbons are fully amorphous at the low B content of 11%. Two exotherms were observed based on the DSC curves for the 11B-18B as-spun ribbons. The crystallization behaviors of 11B-18B alloy ribbons are as follows during heating: 11B and 13B, [am]→[am′ + bcc]→[am″ + bcc + fcc]→[bcc + fcc + M₂₃B₆]→[fcc + M₂₃B₆]; 15B, [am]→[am′ + fcc + bcc]→[am″ + bcc + fcc + M₂₃B₆]→[bcc + fcc + M₂₃B₆]→[fcc+ M₂₃B₆]; and 18B, [am]→[am′ + fcc]→[am″ + fcc + M₂₃B₆]→[fcc + M₂₃B₆] (The am′ and am″ are the residual amorphous phases after the first and the second exotherms, respectively)

Key words: high-entropy-amorphous alloy ribbon structural characteristic heating-induced crystallization behavior phase composition mechanical property

Received: 03 March 2021

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TG139.8

Fund: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2018GF13)

About author: SHEN Baolong, professor, Tel: (0516)83591877, E-mail: shenbaolong@cumt.edu.cnZHANG Jinyong, associate professor, Tel: (0516)83591879, E-mail: jyzhang@cumt.edu.cn

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Fig.1 XRD spectra of 10B-18B as-cast alloy ingots (a) and as-spun alloy ribbons (b)

Fig.2 Bright-field TEM image and SAED pattern (inset) (a), and HRTEM image (b) of the 11B as-spun ribbon

Fig.3 DSC curves of 11B-18B as-spun alloy ribbons (a) and changes in the onset temperatures of the first and second exotherms (T_x1 and T_x2) with B content (b) (Heating rate is 0.67 K/s, T_g—the glass transition temperature)

Fig.4 DSC curves measured at different heating rates of 0.17-0.67 K/s for 11B-18B as-spun alloy ribbons (a) and Kissinger plots of the peak temperature as a function of heating rate of the first and second exothermic peaks (b) (Ф—heating rate, T_p—crystallization peak temperature, R—gas constant, E_p1—activation energy of the first exotherm, E_p2—activation energy of the second exotherm)

Fig.5 XRD spectra of 11B (a), 15B (b), and 18B (c) amorphous alloy ribbons after annealing at different temperatures for 1800 s (The borides are the M₂₃B₆ (M = LTM (later transition metal), Mn, Cr) intermetalic compounds)

Fig.6 Bright-field (a) and dark-field (b) TEM images, SAED pattern (c), and HRTEM image (d) of 11B amorphous alloy ribbon after annealing at 725 K for 1800 s (The inset in Fig.6d is the corresponding fast Fourier transform (FFT) diffractogram, d—interplanar spacing)

Fig.7 Bright-field TEM image (a), SAED pattern (b), and HRTEM images (c, d) of 15B amorphous alloy ribbon after annealing at 711 K for 1800 s

Fig.8 Changes in the structure and Vickers hardness with annealing temperature (annealing for 1800 s) for 11B-15B alloy ribbons (The solid and open symbols indicate plastic and brittle samples, respectively. am' and am'' are the residual amorphous phases after the first and the second exotherms, respectively)

Fig.9 SEM images of 11B alloy ribbons after bending 180° with different magnifications (a), and Vickers hardness of 10B-18B as-spun alloy ribbons vs the B content (b)

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