Production and Characterization of Optimized Toughness High Entropy Alloy of the V-Cr-Mn-Co-Ni System

• Grant number: 23/11472-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2023
• End date: August 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Gil Coury
• Grantee: Laura Goulart Pereira
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/02770-7 - Integrated Computational Materials Engineering ICME: applied to modeling, production, characterization and testing high entropy alloys, AP.PNGP.PI

Abstract

Among the main objectives of the project, it is possible to find the use of a genetic algorithm that allows to select a composition with good mechanical strength and ductility, in addition to the production and characterization of the chosen composition.After the production in an electric arc melting furnace, the alloy will be homogenized and characterized using XRD (X-Ray Diffraction) and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) techniques. Furthermore, the alloy will have its mechanical properties, with tensile and microhardness tests, and its thermal properties, with analyzes of Differential Scanning Calorimetry curves, tested.