Abstract
A single body-centered cubic (BCC)-structured AlCoFeNi medium-entropy alloy (MEA) was prepared by the selective laser melting (SLM) technique. The hardness of the as-built sample was around 32.5 HRC. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) was around 1211 MPa, the yield strength (YS) was around 1023 MPa, and the elongation (El) was around 10.8%. A novel BCC + B2 + face-centered cubic (FCC) structure was formed after aging. With an increase in aging temperature and duration, the number of fine grains increased, and more precipitates were observed. After aging at 450 °C for 4 h, the formed complex polyphase structure significantly improved the mechanical properties. Its hardness, UTS, YS, and El were around 45.7 HRC, 1535 MPa, 1489 MPa, and 8.5%, respectively. The improvement in mechanical properties was mainly due to Hall-Petch strengthening, which was caused by fine grains, and precipitation strengthening, which was caused by an increase in precipitates after aging. Meanwhile, the FCC precipitates made the alloy have good toughness. The complex interaction of multiple strengthening mechanisms leads to a good combination of strength, hardness, and toughness.
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