Improved Creep Resistance at 1000°C of a Medium Entropy Alloy by the In Situ Formation of Intergranular MC Carbides

Corentin Gay; Nassima Chenikha; Pauline Spaeter; Erwan Etienne; Anne Vernière; Lionel Aranda; Patrice Berthod

doi:10.47540/ijias.v4i2.971

Authors

Corentin Gay Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France
Nassima Chenikha Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France
Pauline Spaeter Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France
Erwan Etienne Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France
Anne Vernière Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France
Lionel Aranda Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France
Patrice Berthod Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47540/ijias.v4i2.971

Keywords:

Creep Resistance, High Temperature, Medium Entropy Alloy, Thermal Analysis

Abstract

A Cantor’s alloy with modified contents in manganese and chromium, elaborated by classical foundry, was enriched either in tantalum and carbon or in hafnium and carbon, to promote the formation of MC carbides to try improving the poor creep resistance of the original quinary alloy for possible use at 1000°C. Similarly to what was observed in recent investigations, metallography allowed checking that interdendritic/intergranular MC carbides were obtained here too. The two monocarbides–containing alloys were first subjected to differential thermal analysis to specify notably their melting start temperatures, to validate the chosen temperature for the creep tests. Three-point flexural creep tests were then performed at 1000°C, which indisputably demonstrated the outstanding strengthening effect of these MC carbides for the modified Cantor’s alloy.

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