The effect of interstitial carbon on the mechanical properties and dislocation substructure evolution in Fe40.4Ni11.3Mn34.8Al7.5Cr6 high entropy alloys

Wang, Zhangwei; Baker, Ian; Cai, Zhonghou; Chen, Si; Poplawsky, Jonathan D.; Guo, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2016.08.072

Title: The effect of interstitial carbon on the mechanical properties and dislocation substructure evolution in Fe_40.4Ni_11.3Mn_34.8Al_7.5Cr₆ high entropy alloys

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.08.072· OSTI ID:1324207

Wang, Zhangwei ^[1]; Baker, Ian ^[1]; Cai, Zhonghou ^[2]; Chen, Si ^[2]; Poplawsky, Jonathan D. ^[3]; Guo, Wei ^[3]

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

A systematic study of the effects of up to 1.1 at. % carbon on the mechanical properties and evolution of the dislocation substructure in a series of a high entropy alloys (HEA) based on Fe_40.4Ni_11.3Mn_34.8Al_7.5Cr₆ is presented. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atom probe tomography (APT) were used to show that all the alloys are single-phase f.c.c. random solid solutions. The lattice constant, determined from synchrotron XRD measurements, increases linearly with increasing carbon concentration, which leads to a linear relationship between the yield strength and the carbon concentration. The dislocation substructures, as determined by a TEM, show a transition from wavy slip to planar slip and, at higher strains, and from cell-forming structure (dislocations cells, cell blocks and dense dislocation walls) to non-cell forming structure (Taylor lattice, microbands and domain boundaries) with the addition of carbon, features related to the increase in lattice friction stress. The stacking fault energy (measured via weak-beam imaging of the separation of dislocation partials) decreases with increasing carbon content, which also contributes to the transition from wavy slip to planar slip. The formation of non-cell forming structure induced by carbon leads to a high degree of strain hardening and a substantial increase in the ultimate tensile strength. In conclusion, the consequent postponement of necking due to the high strain hardening, along with the plasticity accommodation arising from the formation of microbands and domain boundaries, result in an increase of ductility due to the carbon addition.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; FG02-07ER46392

OSTI ID:: 1324207

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1397975

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Vol. 120, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6454

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