A design of TiZr-rich body-centered cubic structured multi-principal element alloys with outstanding tensile strength and ductility

Body-centered cubic (BCC) multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) have drawn extensive attention for their interesting structures and good mechanical properties. However, most BCC MPEAs lack ductility at room temperature. Decreasing the valence electron concentration (VEC) value is an effective appro...

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Published inMaterials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing Vol. 813; p. 141135
Main Authors Lai, Weiji, Liu, Hui, Yu, Xiang, Yi, Yanliang, Li, Wei, Zhou, Shengfeng, Cui, Shaogang, Wang, Xiaojian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lausanne Elsevier B.V 05.05.2021
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Alloying elements
BCC phase
Ductility
Elongation
Mechanical properties
Modulus of elasticity
Molybdenum
Multi-principal element alloys
Room temperature
Shear modulus
Solid solutions
Solid-solution strengthening
Solution strengthening
Tensile strength
Yield strength
Solid-solution strengthening
Multi-principal element alloys
Ductility
BCC phase
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Summary:Body-centered cubic (BCC) multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) have drawn extensive attention for their interesting structures and good mechanical properties. However, most BCC MPEAs lack ductility at room temperature. Decreasing the valence electron concentration (VEC) value is an effective approach to design the BCC MPEAs with intrinsic ductility. Three TiZr-rich MPEAs (Ti45Zr45Nb5Ta5, Ti45Zr45Nb5Mo5, and Ti42.5Zr42.5Nb5Mo5Ta5) were designed in this paper, by controlling their VEC through restricting the contents of group V (Nb, Ta) and group VI (Mo) elements into 5 at.%. These alloys all possessed BCC structure, low elastic modulus (56–74 GPa), and intrinsic ductility in the as-cast status. Among the three MPEAs, Ti42.5Zr42.5Nb5Mo5Ta5 exhibited the finest microstructure, as well as the highest tensile yield strength (~907 MPa) and elongation (~14.9%). The theoretical calculation indicates that the high strength of Ti42.5Zr42.5Nb5Mo5Ta5 alloy was dominantly attributed to solid solution strengthening. The results also show that Mo element possesses a stronger solution strengthening effect than Ta, as it has a wide difference of shear modulus compared to the other constituent elements.
ISSN:0921-5093
1873-4936
DOI:10.1016/j.msea.2021.141135