A novel stress-induced martensitic transformation in a single-phase refractory high-entropy alloy

Wang, Liang; Cao, Tangqing; Liu, Xudong; Wang, Benpeng; Jin, Ke; Liang, Yaojian; Wang, Lu; Wang, Fuchi; Ren, Yang; Liang, Jun; Xue, Yunfei

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.08.013

A novel stress-induced martensitic transformation in a single-phase refractory high-entropy alloy

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Scripta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.08.013· OSTI ID:1827409

Wang, Liang ^[1]; Cao, Tangqing ^[1]; Liu, Xudong ^[1]; Wang, Benpeng ^[1]; Jin, Ke ^[1]; Liang, Yaojian ^[1]; Wang, Lu ^[1]; Wang, Fuchi ^[1]; Ren, Yang ^[2]; Liang, Jun ^[1]; Xue, Yunfei ^[1]

Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) provide a new perspective to design metastable alloys with the stress-induced martensitic transformation (SIMT) for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off. Here, we report a novel SIMT, orthorhombic to hexagonal close-packed martensite, in a single orthorhombic refractory HEA (Ti₁₆Zr₃₅Hf₃₅Ta₁₄ RHEA), showing a good yield strength-ductility matching. The analysis of the elastic distortion energy (ΔE_els) of Ti₁₆Zr₃₅Hf₃₅Ta₁₄ and several other RHEAs reveals that severe lattice distortion is a key factor which causes this SIMT. Combined the “d-electron alloy design” approach with the ΔE_els, the phase configuration and SIMT path in RHEAs can be well predicted. Our work brings new insights between the lattice distortion and SIMT of RHEAs, benefiting the metastable alloy development.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Key Research and Development Program of China

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1827409

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1648617

Journal Information:: Scripta Materialia, Journal Name: Scripta Materialia Vol. 189; ISSN 1359-6462

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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