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Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Corrosion Behavior of MoNbFeCrV, MoNbFeCrTi, and MoNbFeVTi High-Entropy Alloys

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The development of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) has stimulated an ever-increasing interest from both academia and industries. In this work, three novel MoNbFeCrV, MoNbFeCrTi, and MoNbFeVTi HEAs containing low thermal neutron absorption cross section elements were prepared by vacuum arc melting. The microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion behaviors were investigated. A dominant body-centered cubic (BCC) phase was present in all these three HEAs. In addition, an ordered Laves phase was found to be another major phase in both MoNbFeCrV and MoNbFeCrTi alloys, whereas an ordered BCC (B2) phase was observed in the MoNbFeVTi alloy. The phase formation in these three alloys was discussed. It is found that the formation of the secondary phase in these alloys is mainly ascribed to the large atomic size difference and electronegativity difference. All the three HEAs show high hardness, high yield strength but limited plasticity. Moreover, the MoNbFeCrV, MoNbFeCrTi and MoNbFeVTi alloys exhibit excellent corrosion resistance in both deaerated 1 mol/L NaCl and 0.5 mol/L H2SO4 solutions at room temperature. However, further composition adjustment and/or thermomechanical processing is required to enhance the mechanical properties of the three alloys.

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This work was supported financially by the Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. ZDRW-CN-2017-1).

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    Chao Xiang

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    Chao Xiang, Zhi-Ming Zhang, En-Hou Han & Jian-Qiu Wang

  3. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Hua-Meng Fu, Hai-Feng Zhang & Guo-Dong Hu

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Guo-Dong Hu

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Xiang, C., Zhang, ZM., Fu, HM. et al. Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Corrosion Behavior of MoNbFeCrV, MoNbFeCrTi, and MoNbFeVTi High-Entropy Alloys. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 32, 1053–1064 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-019-00935-x

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