Heat Treatment of Metals ›› 2022, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (7): 52-57.DOI: 10.13251/j.issn.0254-6051.2022.07.009

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Effect of annealing temperature on microstructure and corrosion resistance of AlCrMnFeNiCu0.8 high-entropy alloy

Hou Jinrui1, Lu Ruoding1, Bu Shaocong1, Xu Shuailing1, Fu Lihua2, Tian Baohong1,3   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang Henan 471023, China;
    2. National United Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Bearing Tribology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang Henan 471023, China;
    3. Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Pressing Technology, Luoyang Henan 471023, China
  • Received:2022-04-11 Revised:2022-05-30 Online:2022-07-25 Published:2022-08-12

Abstract: AlCrMnFeNiCu0.8 high-entropy alloy was prepared by vacuum arc melting and were treated by vacuum annealing at 200, 400, 600, and 800 ℃ for 4 h. The microstructure and crystal structure of the alloy were characterized by means of optical microscope (OM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The corrosion resistance of the alloy was analyzed by means of a standard three-electrode system CHI660D electrochemical workstation. The results show that the microstructure of the alloy is Cu-rich zone and Cu-poor zone, mainly composed of Fe-Cr solid solution, Al-Ni solid solution and Cu-rich solid solution. With the increase of annealing temperature, the BCC structure is stronger and FCC structure is weaker. After anneding at 400 ℃, the alloy has the most positive self-corrosion potential (-0.584 V) and the lowest self-corrosion current density (0.6618 μA·cm-2). After anneding at 600 ℃ and 800 ℃, the diffusion effect appears in the impedance map, which leads to the decrease of corrosion resistance of the alloy.

Key words: high-entropy alloy, microstructure, corrosion resistance, electrochemistry

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