The effect of cooling rate on the microstructure and mechanical properties of NiCoFeCrGa high-entropy alloy

• Published in: Journal of materials science Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 5074 - 5082
• Main Authors: Molnár, Dávid, Vida, Ádám, Huang, Shuo, Chinh, Nguyen Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alloy systems; Alloys; Analysis; Body centered cubic lattice; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Classical Mechanics; Cooling; Cooling effects; Cooling rate; Crystallography and Scattering Methods; EBSD; Electron backscatter diffraction; Electron microscopy; Energy dispersive X ray spectroscopy; Entropy; Face centered cubic lattice; Heat treating; high entropy alloy; High entropy alloys; Materials Science; Mechanical properties; Metals; Metals (Materials); Microhardness; Microscopy; Microstructure; Nickel; Polymer Sciences; Scanning electron microscopy; Self-similarity; Solid Mechanics; Specialty metals industry; Spectroscopy; Steel Forming and Surface Engineering; Stålformning och ytteknik; X-ray spectroscopy; Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD); Wedge-shaped Samples; High-entropy Alloys (HEAs); Empirical Rules; Valence Electron Concentration (VEC)

The effect of cooling rate on the microstructure and mechanical properties of equimolar NiCoFeCrGa high-entropy alloy (HEA) was studied by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), as well as by microhardness tests. Experimental r...