Laser metal deposition of compositionally graded TiZrNbTa refractory high-entropy alloys using elemental powder blends
Abstract
In the present study, laser metal deposition (LMD) was used to produce compositionally graded refractory high-entropy alloys (HEAs) for screening purposes by in-situ alloying of elemental powder blends. A compositional gradient from Ti25Zr50Nb0Ta25 to Ti25Zr0Nb50Ta25 is obtained by incrementally substituting Zr powder with Nb powder. A suitable strategy was developed to process the powder blend despite several challenges such as the high melting points of the refractory elements and the large differences in melting points among them. The influence of the LMD process on the final chemical composition was analyzed in detail and the LMD process was optimized to obtain a well-defined compositional gradient. Microstructures, textures, chemical compositions and mechanical properties were characterized using SEM, EBSD, EDX, and microhardness testing, respectively. Compositions between Ti25Zr0Nb50Ta25 and Ti25Zr25Nb25Ta25 were found to be single-phase bcc solid solutions with a coarse grain microstructure. Increasing the Zr to Nb ratio beyond the equiatomic composition results in finer and harder multiphase microstructures. Furthermore, the results shown in the present study clearly show for the first time that LMD is a suitable processing tool to screen HEAs over a range of chemical compositions.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1771855
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1483170
- Grant/Contract Number:
- LA3607/3; GU1075/12; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Additive Manufacturing
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Additive Manufacturing Journal Volume: 25 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 2214-8604
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; High-entropy alloys; Refractory alloys; Laser metal deposition; Compositional gradient; Material screening; Additive manufacturing
Citation Formats
Dobbelstein, Henrik, Gurevich, Evgeny L., George, Easo P., Ostendorf, Andreas, and Laplanche, Guillaume. Laser metal deposition of compositionally graded TiZrNbTa refractory high-entropy alloys using elemental powder blends. Netherlands: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.addma.2018.10.042.
Dobbelstein, Henrik, Gurevich, Evgeny L., George, Easo P., Ostendorf, Andreas, & Laplanche, Guillaume. Laser metal deposition of compositionally graded TiZrNbTa refractory high-entropy alloys using elemental powder blends. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.10.042
Dobbelstein, Henrik, Gurevich, Evgeny L., George, Easo P., Ostendorf, Andreas, and Laplanche, Guillaume. Tue .
"Laser metal deposition of compositionally graded TiZrNbTa refractory high-entropy alloys using elemental powder blends". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.10.042.
@article{osti_1771855,
title = {Laser metal deposition of compositionally graded TiZrNbTa refractory high-entropy alloys using elemental powder blends},
author = {Dobbelstein, Henrik and Gurevich, Evgeny L. and George, Easo P. and Ostendorf, Andreas and Laplanche, Guillaume},
abstractNote = {In the present study, laser metal deposition (LMD) was used to produce compositionally graded refractory high-entropy alloys (HEAs) for screening purposes by in-situ alloying of elemental powder blends. A compositional gradient from Ti25Zr50Nb0Ta25 to Ti25Zr0Nb50Ta25 is obtained by incrementally substituting Zr powder with Nb powder. A suitable strategy was developed to process the powder blend despite several challenges such as the high melting points of the refractory elements and the large differences in melting points among them. The influence of the LMD process on the final chemical composition was analyzed in detail and the LMD process was optimized to obtain a well-defined compositional gradient. Microstructures, textures, chemical compositions and mechanical properties were characterized using SEM, EBSD, EDX, and microhardness testing, respectively. Compositions between Ti25Zr0Nb50Ta25 and Ti25Zr25Nb25Ta25 were found to be single-phase bcc solid solutions with a coarse grain microstructure. Increasing the Zr to Nb ratio beyond the equiatomic composition results in finer and harder multiphase microstructures. Furthermore, the results shown in the present study clearly show for the first time that LMD is a suitable processing tool to screen HEAs over a range of chemical compositions.},
doi = {10.1016/j.addma.2018.10.042},
journal = {Additive Manufacturing},
number = C,
volume = 25,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.10.042
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