Hot deformation behaviour and microstructure control in AlCrCuNiFeCo high entropy alloy

Nayan, Niraj and Singh, Gaurav and Murty, SVSN and Jha, Abhay K and Pant, Bhanu and George, Koshy M and Ramamurty, Upadrasta (2014) Hot deformation behaviour and microstructure control in AlCrCuNiFeCo high entropy alloy. In: INTERMETALLICS, 55 . pp. 145-153.

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Abstract

An AlCrCuNiFeCo high entropy alloy (HEA), which has simple face centered cubic (FCC) and body centered cubic (BCC) solid solution phases as the microstructural constituents, was processed and its high temperature deformation behaviour was examined as a function of temperature (700-1030 degrees C) and strain rate (10(-3)-10(-1) s(-1)), so as to identify the optimum thermo-mechanical processing (TMP) conditions for hot working of this alloy. For this purpose, power dissipation efficiency and deformation instability maps utilizing that the dynamic materials model pioneered by Prasad and co-workers have been generated and examined. Various deformation mechanisms, which operate in different temperature-strain rate regimes, were identified with the aid of the maps and complementary microstructural analysis of the deformed specimens. Results indicate two distinct deformation domains within the range of experimental conditions examined, with the combination of 1000 degrees C/10(-3) s(-1) and 1030 degrees C/10(-2) s(-1) being the optimum for hot working. Flow instabilities associated with adiabatic shear banding, or localized plastic flow, and or cracking were found for 700-730 degrees C/10(-3)-10(-1) s(-1) and 750-860 degrees C/10(-1.4)-10(-1) s(-1) combinations. A constitutive equation that describes the flow stress of AlCrCuNiFeCo alloy as a function of strain rate and deformation temperature was also determined. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	INTERMETALLICS
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND
Keywords:	High-entropy alloys; Microstructure; Constitutive equation; Deformation map; Thermomechanical processing
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2014 07:24
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2014 07:24
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/50246

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