Refractory CrMoNbWV High-Entropy Alloy Manufactured by Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering

Evolution of Microstructure and Properties

Journal article (2021)

Authors

Nikolay Razumov St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Tagir Makhmutov St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Artem Kim St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Boris Shemyakinsky St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
V. Popovich St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Team Vera Popovich - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Anatoly Popovich St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Research Group
Team Vera Popovich (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2021 Nikolay Razumov, Tagir Makhmutov, Artem Kim, Boris Shemyakinsky, V. Popovich, Anatoly Popovich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030621
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Materials Science and Engineering

Research Group

Team Vera Popovich

Abstract

In this study, bulk samples of a CrMoNbWV high-entropy alloy (HEA) were obtained for the first time by spark plasma sintering (SPS) of mechanically alloyed (MA) powders at 1200 °C, 1300 °C, and 1400 °C. Microstructure evolution, phase formation as well as wear and corrosion behavior were investigated. The MA powders’ phase composition was found to be represented by body-centered-cubic (BCC) solid solution. The solid solution partially decomposed to Laves phases under the sintering, such as Cr2Nb and (Fe, Cr)Nb, and NbVO4-VO oxides mixture. The temperature increase to 1400 °C led to a grain coarsening of the BCC phase and decreased the Laves phase content accompanied by precipitation at the grain boundaries. The sintered samples showed high hardness and compressive strength (2700–2800 MPa) at room temperature. The wear tests demonstrated excellent results in comparison to conventional wear-resistant composites. The obtained samples also exhibited high corrosion resistance under electrochemical tests in H2SO4 solution. The CrMoNbWV HEA has comparable mechanical and corrosive properties with the WNbMoTaV type HEA, but at the same time has a reduced density: CrMoNbWV—10.55 g/cm3, WNbMoTaV—12.42 g/cm3