Production of high-entropy Fe–Cr–Co–Ni–Ti alloy by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering of a powder mixture

Abstract

A two-phase powder alloy based on substitutional solid solutions with BCC and FCC lattices was obtained by highintensity mechanical treatment (HMT) of a multicomponent Fe–Cr–Co–Ni–Ti powder mixture. Sample sections and particles of mixtures obtained were studied using an ultra high resolution field emission scanning electron microscope by scanning electron microscopy. XRD patterns of mixtures were recorded on the DRON 3 diffractometer with FeKα and CuKα radiation. It was found that after 10 minutes of HMT one intense superposition reflection remains on the XRD pattern with the angular position corresponding to Reflections 111 and 110 of phases with FCC and BCC lattices, respectively. A spark plasma sintering (SPS) method was used to obtain compact high-entropy material samples from the mixture after 90 minutes of HMT at 800 and 1000 °C. Their specific electrical resistance and density as well as the dependence of these properties on the sintering temperature were determined. It was demonstrated that the substitutional solid solution with the BCC lattice is probably enriched with titanium during the powder alloy SPS process.