Effects of plasma nitriding at 525 degrees C on microstructure and mechanical performance of a brand-new Al0.5CrFe1.5MnNi0.5 high-entropy alloy (HEA) were investigated. This alloy exhibits a large age hardening effect at temperatures from 600 to 800 degrees C and can be well-nitrided in the as-cast condition or the homogenized and furnace-cooled state. The nitrided layer has a thickness around 75 mu m and a peak hardness level of Hv 1250 near the surface. The nitrided Al0.5CrFe1.5MnNi0.5 alloys exhibit superior adhesive wear resistance to conventional nitrided steels by 25-54 times due to their much thicker highly-hardened layer and higher peak hardness than that of conventional steels. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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School of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou UniversitySchool of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
Li-ping Yu
Shu-ying Chen
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering,The University of TennesseeSchool of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
Shu-ying Chen
Jing-li Ren
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School of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics,Institute of Mechanics,CASSchool of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
Jing-li Ren
Yang Ren
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X-ray Science Division,Argonne National LaboratorySchool of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
Yang Ren
Fu-qian Yang
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Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering,University of KentuckySchool of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
Fu-qian Yang
Karin A.Dahmen
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Department of Physics,University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSchool of Mathematics and Statistics,Zhengzhou University
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Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R ChinaZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Yu, Li-ping
Chen, Shu-ying
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Univ Tennessee, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USAZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Chen, Shu-ying
Ren, Jing-li
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Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mech, State Key Lab Nonlinear Mech, Beijing 100190, Peoples R ChinaZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Ren, Jing-li
Ren, Yang
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Argonne Natl Lab, Xray Sci Div, Argonne, IL 60439 USAZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Ren, Yang
Yang, Fu-qian
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Univ Kentucky, Dept Chem & Mat Engn, Lexington, KY 40506 USAZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Yang, Fu-qian
Dahmen, Karin A.
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Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USAZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China
Dahmen, Karin A.
Liaw, Peter K.
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Univ Tennessee, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USAZhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 150001, Henan, Peoples R China