scholarly journals Elaboration of Metallic Materials by SPS: Processing, Microstructures, Properties, and Shaping

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 322
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Monchoux ◽  
Alain Couret ◽  
Lise Durand ◽  
Thomas Voisin ◽  
Zofia Trzaska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Powder Metallurgy ◽  
Metallic Glasses ◽  
Rapid Heating ◽  
High Entropy Alloys ◽  
Metallic Materials ◽  
Powder Metallurgy Technique ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma ◽  
Near Net Shape

After a few decades of increasing interest, spark plasma sintering (SPS) has now become a mature powder metallurgy technique, which allows assessing its performances toward fabricating enhanced materials. Here, the case of metals and alloys will be presented. The main advantage of SPS lies in its rapid heating capability enabled by the application of high intensity electric currents to a metallic powder. This presents numerous advantages balanced by some limitations that will be addressed in this review. The first section will be devoted to sintering issues, with an emphasis on the effect of the electric current on the densification mechanisms. Then, typical as-SPS microstructures and properties will be presented. In some cases, they will be compared with that of materials processed by conventional techniques. As such, examples of nanostructured materials, intermetallics, metallic glasses, and high entropy alloys, will be presented. Finally, the implementation of SPS as a technique to manufacture complex, near-net shape industrial parts will be discussed.

Compression stress strengthening modelling of a ultrafine-grained equiatomic SPS CoCrFeNiNb high-entropy alloy

2020 ◽  
pp. 095440622094324
Author(s):  
Marcello Cabibbo ◽  
Filip Průša ◽  
Alexandra Šenková ◽  
Andrea Školáková ◽  
Vojtěch Kučera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Powder Metallurgy ◽  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Oxide Phase ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Induction Melting ◽  
High Entropy Alloys ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Spark Plasma

High-entropy alloys are known to show exceptionally high mechanical properties, both compression and tensile strength, and unique physical properties, such as their phase stability. These quite unusual properties are primarily due to the microstructure generated by mechanical alloying processes, such as conventional induction arc melting, powder metallurgy, or mechanical alloying. In the present study, an equiatomic CoCrFeNiNb high-entropy alloy was prepared by a sequence of conventional induction melting, powder metallurgy, and compaction via spark plasma sintering. The high-entropy alloys showed uniform sub-micrometer grain microstructure consisted by a mixture of an fcc solid solution strengthened by a hcp Laves phase and a third intergranular oxide phase. The as-cast high-entropy alloys showed an ultimate compression strength (UCS) of ∼1400 MPa, which after sintering and compaction at 1273 K increased up to ∼2400 MPa. Extensive transmission electron microscopy quantitative analyses were carried out to model the UCS. A quite good agreement between the microstructure-strengthening model and the experimental UCS was found.

scholarly journals Effect of Copper Addition on the AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloys Properties via the Electroless Plating and Powder Metallurgy Technique

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 540
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ali Hassan ◽  
Hossam M. Yehia ◽  
Ahmed S. A. Mohamed ◽  
Ahmed Essa El-Nikhaily ◽  
Omayma A. Elkady
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Powder Metallurgy ◽  
Atomic Radius ◽  
The Other ◽  
High Entropy Alloy ◽  
Coating Process ◽  
High Entropy Alloys ◽  
Powder Metallurgy Technique ◽  
Copper Metal ◽  
High Entropy

To improve the AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloys’ (HEAs’) toughness, it was coated with different amounts of Cu then fabricated by the powder metallurgy technique. Mechanical alloying of equiatomic AlCoCrFeNi HEAs for 25 h preceded the coating process. The established powder samples were sintered at different temperatures in a vacuum furnace. The HEAs samples sintered at 950˚C exhibit the highest relative density. The AlCoCrFeNi HEAs model sample was not successfully produced by the applied method due to the low melting point of aluminum. The Al element’s problem disappeared due to encapsulating it with a copper layer during the coating process. Because the atomic radius of the copper metal (0.1278 nm) is less than the atomic radius of the aluminum metal (0.1431 nm) and nearly equal to the rest of the other elements (Co, Cr, Fe, and Ni), the crystal size powder and fabricated samples decreased by increasing the content of the Cu wt%. On the other hand, the lattice strain increased. The microstructure revealed that the complete diffusion between the different elements to form high entropy alloy material was not achieved. A dramatic decrease in the produced samples’ hardness was observed where it decreased from 403 HV at 5 wt% Cu to 191 HV at 20 wt% Cu. On the contrary, the compressive strength increased from 400.034 MPa at 5 wt% Cu to 599.527 MPa at 15 wt% Cu with a 49.86% increment. This increment in the compressive strength may be due to precipitating the copper metal on the particles’ surface in the nano-size, reducing the dislocations’ motion, increasing the stiffness of produced materials. The formability and toughness of the fabricated materials improved by increasing the copper’s content. The thermal expansion has increased gradually by increasing the Cu wt%.

Grain growth kinetics in CoCrFeNi and CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys processed by spark plasma sintering

2019 ◽  
Vol 791 ◽  
pp. 1114-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vaidya ◽  
Ameey Anupam ◽  
J. Vijay Bharadwaj ◽  
Chandan Srivastava ◽  
B.S. Murty
Keyword(s):  
Grain Growth ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Growth Kinetics ◽  
High Entropy Alloys ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma ◽  
Grain Growth Kinetics

scholarly journals Designing (Ultra)Fine-Grained High-Entropy Alloys by Spark Plasma Sintering and Equal-Channel Angular Pressing

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1157
Author(s):  
Lisa-Marie Rymer ◽  
Thomas Lindner ◽  
Philipp Frint ◽  
Martin Löbel ◽  
Thomas Lampke
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Equal Channel Angular Pressing ◽  
High Entropy Alloys ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

Single-phase, face-centered cubic (FCC) high-entropy alloys (HEA) are promising materials for future applications. In order to improve the mechanical properties, especially the tensile strength of these materials, this study focuses on the combination of spark plasma sintering (SPS) and equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP). The initial fine-grained microstructure produced by SPS is further refined by ECAP in a 90°-die. Optical microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) confirm this considerable grain refinement, leads to a grain size below 1 µm after 1 ECAP pass. An alternating arrangement of fine-grained areas and much coarser regions, aligned under an angle of approximately 27°, is found. Moreover, a first microstructural investigation of the twin structure is conducted. The mechanical behavior was investigated by hardness measurements and tensile testing. Both the hardness and tensile strength are remarkably increased after ECAP. In contrast, the uniform elongation and elongation at fracture are significantly reduced due to the strengthening mechanisms of strain hardening and grain refinement. It is concluded that the combination of SPS and ECAP is an attractive approach for designing (ultra)fine-grained HEAs with superior properties. The investigated techniques could be applied to understand the underlying microstructural mechanisms.

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