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Influence of Cr, Fe, or Cu 3d Transition Metals on Phase Components, Microstructures, and Mechanical Properties of CoNiTiV-Base High Entropy Alloys

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Similar atom substitution in 3d transition metal high entropy alloys (HEAs) were employed via Cr, Fe, and Cu equimolarly incorporated into CoNiTiV-base alloy, by which its effects on phase components, microstructures, and mechanical properties were intensively investigated. Results show that phase components of CoNiTiVCr and CoNiTiVFe alloys belong to a single-phase BCC solid solution. In addition to the BCC phase, FCC phase emerges into the CoNiTiVCu alloy as well, which has been confirmed being Cu-rich phase, implying that it might be originated form the ease of Cu segregation. In the mechanical view, the alloys with single-BCC phases are obviously stronger than the multiphase alloy. The yield strengths of CoNiTiVCr, CoNiTiVFe, and CoNiTiVCu HEAs are 1764, 2730, and 1674 MPa, respectively. Furthermore, the CoNiTiVFe alloy also possesses the most promising plasticity of ε \(\approx\) 6.8% due to its relatively uniform composition distribution. As comparison, the Ni-rich dendritic and Cu-rich intergranular phase in the Cr- and Cu-containing HEAs, respectively, take the responsibility for their extremely low plasticity.

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Financial supports from Changzhou Science and Technology Bureau (No. CJ20210065, CQ20210086) and Jiangsu Province of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program “Doctor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship” are gratefully acknowledged.

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  3. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials for New Energy Storage and Conversion, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, People’s Republic of China

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Xu, M., Lu, L., Wang, L. et al. Influence of Cr, Fe, or Cu 3d Transition Metals on Phase Components, Microstructures, and Mechanical Properties of CoNiTiV-Base High Entropy Alloys. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 4500–4507 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07425-9

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