Microstructural dependence of mechanical and soft-magnetic properties for Fe–Co–Ni–Al–Ti–Nb multi-principal element alloy
摘要
The present work developed a novel soft-magnetic Fe40.63Co25Ni25Al6.25Ti2.5Nb0.62 alloy with stable soft-magnetic and prominent mechanical properties via the cluster formula approach. This alloy exhibits a fully equiaxed grain with a single face-centered cubic (FCC) structure. Meanwhile, this alloy shows a great microstructure stability, as evidenced by the fact that even after aging for 50 h at 1123 K, there was no other second-phase precipitation, except for some B2 particles on the grain boundaries. This stable microstructure enables the solutionized and aged alloys to obtain a comparable soft-magnetic property with a saturation magnetization of MS = 127.6–131.3 Am2/kg and a coercivity of HC = 132.1–197.4 A/m. Moreover, the current alloy possesses a good mechanical property with yield strength of σYS = 422–467 MPa and elongation to fracture of ε = 46–51%. Strengthening mechanism for high yield strength and magnetic behavior were further discussed.
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