scholarly journals Irradiation Behaviors in BCC Multi-Component Alloys with Different Lattice Distortions

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 706
Author(s):  
Yue Su ◽  
Songqin Xia ◽  
Jia Huang ◽  
Qingyuan Liu ◽  
Haocheng Liu ◽  
...  

Recently, the irradiation behaviors of multi-component alloys have stimulated an increasing interest due to their ability to suppress the growth of irradiation defects, though the mostly studied alloys are limited to face centered cubic (fcc) structured multi-component alloys. In this work, two single-phase body centered cubic (bcc) structured multi-component alloys (CrFeV, AlCrFeV) with different lattice distortions were prepared by vacuum arc melting, and the reference of α-Fe was also prepared. After 6 MeV Au ions irradiation to over 100 dpa (displacement per atom) at 500 °C, the bcc structured CrFeV and AlCrFeV exhibited significantly improved irradiation swelling resistance compared to α-Fe, especially AlCrFeV. The AlCrFeV alloy possesses superior swelling resistance, showing no voids compared to α-Fe and CrFeV alloy, and scarce irradiation softening appears in AlCrFeV. Owing to their chemical complexity, it is believed that the multi-component alloys under irradiation have more defect recombination and less damage accumulation. Accordingly, we discuss the origin of irradiation resistance and the Al effect in the studied bcc structured multi-component alloys.

2015 ◽  
Vol 816 ◽  
pp. 324-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Jiang ◽  
Li Jiang ◽  
Yi Ping Lu ◽  
Tong Min Wang ◽  
Zhi Qiang Cao ◽  
...  

The elements Mo, Cr and V were added to the W-Ni-Co system high entropy alloys, the effects of these added elements on microstructure and mechanical properties of these alloys were studied. The alloys were produced by vacuum arc melting. The compositions were W0.5Ni2Co2VMo0.5,W0.5Ni2Co2VCr0.5and W0.5Ni2Co2CrMo0.5(denoted as Alloy 1, Alloy 2 and Alloy 3) respectively. The theoretical melting temperatures were higher than 2000 K. X-ray diffraction, SEM and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) results indicated that the matrix of the alloys is face-centered cubic (FCC) solid-solution, the alloys showed dendrite crystal structure. Ni, Co elements were enriched in the dendrite areas, the W, Mo were enriched in the inter-dendrite regions ,while V, Cr elements were uniform distribution. The Vickers hardness of these alloys was 376.1 HV, 255.88 HV and 306.8 HV, respectively. The yield strength values (σ0.2) of Alloy 1, Alloy 2 and Alloy 3 were approximately 1000MPa, 750MPa, 250MPa, respectively. The alloys show good compression plasticity deformation capacity at RT.


Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Jeong-Min Kim ◽  
Chae-Young Kim

Cr–Al alloys are attracting much attention as heat- and corrosion-resistant coating materials due to their excellent high-temperature properties. In order to investigate the effect of aluminum content on the microstructure and oxidation resistance of Cr–Al–Si alloys, cast specimens were prepared by using a vacuum-arc melting furnace, and high-temperature oxidation tests were conducted with the specimens, for 1 h, at 1100 °C, in air. In the case of cast microstructure of Cr–Al–Si alloys, it consists mainly of Cr single phase, up to 5 at.% Al, and AlCr phases were additionally formed in alloys containing 10% Al or more. In the specimen with 20% Al added, CrSi phase was also found in addition to the AlCr phase. The weight change of the specimens heated for 1 h, at 1100 °C, indicated that all had excellent oxidation resistance. However, when the Al content was less than 10%, the weight gain tended to be a little lower than that of 10% or more.


2016 ◽  
Vol 849 ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nai Juan Wang ◽  
Yuan Liu

High-entropy alloys of NbTaVTiNi, NbTaVTiCo, NbTaVHfCo, NbTaVHfNi, and NbTaVZrNi were synthesized by vacuum arc melting. The crystal structure was identified by an X-ray diffractometer analysis. Microstructures and element composition of the resulting alloys were investigated using a scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer. All alloys presented the dendritic structure which is mainly composed of body-centered cubic (NbTaV,X) (X=Ti, Hf, Zr) phases and eutectic-like phases such as TiNi, TiCo, HfCo, HfNi and ZrNi. (NbTaV,X) phases take the function of hydrogen permeability while eutectic-like phases bear the responsibility of resistance to hydrogen embrittlement. Taking the microstructure of alloys into account, NbTaV-based high entropy alloys is appropriate for improving hydrogen permeability.


Author(s):  
Robert C. Rau ◽  
Robert L. Ladd

Recent studies have shown the presence of voids in several face-centered cubic metals after neutron irradiation at elevated temperatures. These voids were found when the irradiation temperature was above 0.3 Tm where Tm is the absolute melting point, and were ascribed to the agglomeration of lattice vacancies resulting from fast neutron generated displacement cascades. The present paper reports the existence of similar voids in the body-centered cubic metals tungsten and molybdenum.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 814
Author(s):  
Yaping Bai ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
Chao Cheng ◽  
Jianping Li ◽  
Yongchun Guo ◽  
...  

In this study, Fe-25Mn-xAl-8Ni-C alloys (x = 10 wt.%, 11 wt.%, 12 wt.%, 13 wt.%) were prepared by a vacuum arc melting method, and the microstructure of this series of alloys and the in situ tensile deformation behavior were studied. The results showed that Fe-25Mn-xAl-8Ni-C alloys mainly contained austenite phase with a small amount of NiAl compound. With the content of Al increasing, the amount of austenite decreased while the amount of NiAl compound increased. When the Al content increased to 12 wt.%, the interface between austenite and NiAl compound and austenitic internal started to precipitate k-carbide phase. In situ tensile results also showed that as the content of Al increased, the alloy elongation decreased gradually, and the tensile strength first increased and then decreased. When the Al content was up to 11 wt.%, the elongation and tensile strength were 2.6% and 702.5 MPa, respectively; the results of in situ tensile dynamic observations show that during the process of stretching, austenite deformed first, and crack initiation mainly occurred at the interface between austenite and NiAl compound, and propagated along the interface, resulting in fracture of the alloy.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3727
Author(s):  
Huanhuan He ◽  
Zhiwei Lin ◽  
Shengming Jiang ◽  
Xiaotian Hu ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
...  

The FeCoNiCrTi0.2 high-entropy alloys fabricated by vacuum arc melting method, and the annealed pristine material, are face centered cubic structures with coherent γ’ precipitation. Samples were irradiated with 50 keV He+ ions to a fluence of 2 × 1016 ions/cm2 at 723 K, and an in situ annealing experiment was carried out to monitor the evolution of helium bubbles during heating to 823 and 923 K. The pristine structure of FeCoNiCrTi0.2 samples and the evolution of helium bubbles during in situ annealing were both characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The annealing temperature and annealing time affect the process of helium bubbles evolution and formation. Meanwhile, the grain boundaries act as sinks to accumulate helium bubbles. However, the precipitation phase seems have few effects on the helium bubble evolution, which may be due to the coherent interface and same structure of γ’ precipitation and matrix.


2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (08) ◽  
pp. 1159-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
CASEY MANN ◽  
JENNIFER MCLOUD-MANN ◽  
RAMONA RANALLI ◽  
NATHAN SMITH ◽  
BENJAMIN MCCARTY

This article concerns the minimal knotting number for several types of lattices, including the face-centered cubic lattice (fcc), two variations of the body-centered cubic lattice (bcc-14 and bcc-8), and simple-hexagonal lattices (sh). We find, through the use of a computer algorithm, that the minimal knotting number in sh is 20, in fcc is 15, in bcc-14 is 13, and bcc-8 is 18.


1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1539-1542 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Ledbetter

Abstract The Poisson ratio υ of a polycrystalline aggregate was calculated for both the face-centered cubic and the body-centered cubic cases. A general two-body central-force interatomatic potential was used. Deviations of υ from 0.25 were verified. A lower value of υ is predicted for the f.c.c. case than for the b.c.c. case. Observed values of υ for twenty-three cubic elements are discussed in terms of the predicted values. Effects of including volume-dependent electron-energy terms in the inter-atomic potential are discussed.


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