Microstructure, Thermal, and Corrosion Behavior of the AlAgCuNiSnTi Equiatomic Multicomponent Alloy

oleh: Eva Fazakas, Bela Varga, Victor Geantă, Tibor Berecz, Péter Jenei, Ionelia Voiculescu, Mihaela Coșniță, Radu Ștefănoiu

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: MDPI AG 2019-03-01

Deskripsi

The paper presents the microstructure and corrosion behavior of an AlTiNiCuAgSn new equiatomic multicomponent alloy. The alloy was obtained using the vacuum arc remelting (VAR) technique in MRF-ABJ900 equipment. The microstructural analysis was performed by optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM microscope, SEM-EDS) and the phase transformations were highlighted by dilatometric analysis and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The results show that the as-cast alloy microstructure is three-phase, with an average microhardness of 487 HV<sub>0.1/15</sub>. The obtained alloy could be included in the group of compositionally complex alloys (CCA). The corrosion resistance was studied using the potentiodynamic method in saline solution with 3.5% NaCl. Considering the high corrosion resistance, the obtained alloy can be used for surface coating applications.