Preparation of WC/CoCrFeNiAl<sub>0.2</sub> high-entropy-alloy composites by high-gravity combustion synthesis

Guan-nan Zhang; Xiao Yang; Zeng-chao Yang; Yong Li; Gang He; Jiang-tao Li

doi:10.1007/s12613-019-1892-8

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Guan-nan Zhang, Xiao Yang, Zeng-chao Yang, Yong Li, Gang He, and Jiang-tao Li, Preparation of WC/CoCrFeNiAl_0.2 high-entropy-alloy composites by high-gravity combustion synthesis, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 2, pp. 244-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1892-8

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Guan-nan Zhang, Xiao Yang, Zeng-chao Yang, Yong Li, Gang He, and Jiang-tao Li, Preparation of WC/CoCrFeNiAl0.2 high-entropy-alloy composites by high-gravity combustion synthesis, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 2, pp. 244-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1892-8

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Preparation of WC/CoCrFeNiAl_0.2 high-entropy-alloy composites by high-gravity combustion synthesis

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Xiao Yang E-mail: yangxiao@mail.ipc.ac.cn
Received: 5 May 2019; Revised: 30 July 2019; Accepted: 8 August 2019; Available online: 17 December 2019

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The WC/CoCrFeNiAl_0.2 high-entropy alloy (HEA) composites were prepared through high-gravity combustion synthesis. The preparation method is presented below. First, using a designed suitable multiphase thermite system, the molten CoCrFeNiAl_0.2 HEA was fabricated using low-cost metal oxides. The molten HEA was subsequently infiltrated into the WC layer to fabricate WC/CoCrFeNiAl_0.2 composites in a high-gravity field. The porosity of the WC/CoCrFeNiAl_0.2 composites was down-regulated, and their compressive yield strength was up-regulated when the high-gravity field was increased from 600g
to 1500g
because this infiltration process of a HEA melt into the WC layer is driven by centrifugal force. The WC particles in the composites exhibited a gradient distribution along the direction of the centrifugal force, which was attributed to the combined action of the high-gravity field and the temperature gradient field. The Vickers hardness of the sample was down-regulated from 9.53 to 7.41 GPa along the direction of the centrifugal force.
- composites;
- high-entropy alloy;
- high-gravity combustion synthesis;
- gradient material

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