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Effect of Ni on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties for Multielemental Nb–Si-Based Alloys

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Eight-element Nb–Si alloys (Nb–Si–Ti–Cr–Al–Hf–Zr–Ni) with different Ni contents were prepared by arc melting to obtain Nb–Si alloys with high mechanical properties. Phase selection, microstructure evolution, room-temperature fracture toughness, and compressive properties were investigated systematically. Results showed that the eutectic Nb–Si alloy becomes a hypereutectic Nb–Si alloy with the increase in Ni content. All alloys contain Nbss, γ-(Nb, X)5Si3 and Cr2(Nb, X) phases, and 2Ni and 3Ni alloys also contain the primary α-(Nb, X)5Si3 phase. With the increase in Ni content, the content and size of the primary α-(Nb, X)5Si3 phase increased. KQ first increased and then decreased, with the highest KQ of 12.6 MPa m1/2 occurring in the 2Ni alloy. The room-temperature maximum compressive strength was improved with 1 at. pct Ni addition but decreased with higher Ni addition. The strengthening mechanism is solid solution strengthening and a high content of the γ-(Nb, X)5Si3 phase by Ni element addition.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51825401) and Young Scientist Studio of Harbin Institute of Technology.

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    Dezhi Chen, Qi Wang, Ruirun Chen, Zhecheng Zhou, Yanqing Su & Hengzhi Fu

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Qi Wang, Ruirun Chen, Yanqing Su & Hengzhi Fu

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Chen, D., Wang, Q., Chen, R. et al. Effect of Ni on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties for Multielemental Nb–Si-Based Alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 53, 1793–1805 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-022-06634-0

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