Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Porous FeCoCrNi High-entropy Alloy
Author of the article:GUOXueyin, QIAO Junwei
Author's Workplace:College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Key Words:porous high-entropy alloy; sintering process; porosity; pore size; compression performance
Abstract:
Porous materials are known for the large number of pores in their interior, which have a large specific surface
area and are often used in catalysts. Moreover, high-entropy alloys have both high strength and high toughness because of
their unique structure. In this paper, a porous high-entropy FeCoCrNi alloy was prepared by sparking plasma sintering
(SPS) with sodium chloride (NaCl) as the space holding material. The effects of different parameters, such as porosity, pore
size and sintering time, on the mechanical properties of porous FeCoCrNi high-entropy alloys were investigated. The pore
size is determined by the size of the sodium chloride. With increasing sodium chloride content, the porosity of the alloy
increases, and the compressive strength decreases. At the same porosity, the compressive strength of the alloy increases
with decreasing pore size. A compressive strength of 158 MPa is obtained for the sample with a porosity of 30% and
a pore size of 50 μm at an SPS temperature of 650 ℃ and a holding time of 40 min. In addition, secondary sintering
(1 100 ℃) can effectively improve the compressive strength of porous materials, and the longer the sintering time is, the
better the lifting effect. The compressive strength of the sample with 30% porosity and 50 μm pore size reaches 656 MPa
after 90 min of secondary sintering.