A Sequence of Phase Transformations and Phases in NiCoFeCrGa High Entropy Alloy

Autor: Ádám Vida, János Lábár, Zoltán Dankházi, Zsolt Maksa, Dávid Molnár, Lajos K. Varga, Szilvia Kalácska, Márk Windisch, Gabriella Huhn, Nguyen Q. Chinh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 14, Iss 5, p 1076 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma14051076
Popis: The present investigation is directed to phase transitions in the equimolar NiCoFeCrGa high entropy alloy, which is a mixture of face-centered cubic (FCC) and body-centered cubic (BCC) crystalline phases. The microstructure of the samples was investigated by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS), transmission electron microscopy-based energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), as well as X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. Based on the phases observed in different temperature ranges, a sequence of the phase transitions can be established, showing that in a realistic process, when freely cooling the sample with the furnace from high to room temperature, a microstructure having spinodal-like decomposition can also be expected. The elemental mapping and magnetic behaviors of this decomposed structure are also studied.
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