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Nanolamellar phase transition in an additively manufactured eutectic high-entropy alloy under high pressures

Journal Article · · AIP Advances
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0138668· OSTI ID:1961401
Much is unknown about how phase transitions link to micro-/nano-structures in high-entropy systems, especially under extreme pressure and temperature conditions. This work studies the evolution of dual-phase nanolamellar eutectic high-entropy alloy phases of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 generated by laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) for pressures up to 42 GPa. We compare quasi-hydrostatic high pressure synchrotron x-ray diffraction studies on L-PBF printed cylindrical samples up to 5.5 GPa (large-volume Paris–Edinburgh cell) to those carried out on an L-PBF printed foil in a diamond anvil cell where the pressure reached 42 GPa. Our results show that the initially alternating face-centered cubic (FCC) and body-centered cubic (BCC) nanolamellar structure of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 transformed into single-phase FCC nanolamellae under high pressure with BCC–FCC phase transformation completion at 21 ± 3 GPa. Our results indicate a diffusionless BCC–FCC transformation in this additively manufactured far-from-equilibrium microstructure and demonstrate that the FCC phase is stable up to very high pressures. The measured equation of state for the FCC phase of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 is presented up to 42 GPa and shows excellent agreement between the data obtained in large-volume press and diamond anvil cell experiments.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
NASA/Alabama Space; USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; NA0004090
OSTI ID:
1961401
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1961679
Journal Information:
AIP Advances, Journal Name: AIP Advances Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 13; ISSN 2158-3226
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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