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Heat Treatment Influence on Tribological Properties of AlCoCrCuFeNi High-Entropy Alloy in Hydrogen Peroxide-Solution

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Tribological properties of AlCoCrCuFeNi high-entropy alloy were studied after annealing at various temperatures. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, microhardness tester and pin-on-disc tribometer analyses were performed to reveal the microstructure, composition, microhardness and tribological behavior variations. With the heat treatment temperature increasing, time taken for friction coefficient going through the rapidly dropping down and then into the stable period increases, the white sheets structures and their size in dendrite area of the AlCoCrCuFeNi alloy becomes bigger, however BCC content declined dramatically. Then, the average friction coefficient of the AlCoCrCuFeNi/Si3N4 sliding friction pair increase from 0.037 to 0.115, and the pin wear loss increase from 3 to 11 µm.

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The authors express their gratitude to the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51275361, 51505341) and the help in performing the experimental works by Mr. Hu Chengping, Assistant Engineer.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Special Surface Protection Materials and Application Technology, Wuhan Research Institute of Materials Protection, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    X. S. Luo, J. Li, Y. L. Jin, C. P. Hu, D. Jia, S. P. Zhan & H. T. Duan

  2. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Y. Yu

  3. MBE Department, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    M. Hua

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Luo, X.S., Li, J., Jin, Y.L. et al. Heat Treatment Influence on Tribological Properties of AlCoCrCuFeNi High-Entropy Alloy in Hydrogen Peroxide-Solution. Met. Mater. Int. 26, 1286–1294 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-019-00532-8

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