Deciphering the multiple deformation mechanisms responsible for sustained work hardening in a FeCrCoNi medium entropy alloy

Zhong, Weicheng; Hayakawa, Sho; Xu, Haixuan; An, Ke; Borisevich, Albina Y.; Cicotte, Joshua L.; George, Easo P.; Yang, Ying

doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2023.103663

Title: Deciphering the multiple deformation mechanisms responsible for sustained work hardening in a FeCrCoNi medium entropy alloy

Journal Article · Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · International Journal of Plasticity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2023.103663· OSTI ID:1991739

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Two important and desirable properties of materials for most structural applications are high tensile strength and ductility, which typically require high work hardening to delay necking. Here, in this work, we designed and tensile tested a face-centered cubic (fcc) Fe-Cr-Co-Ni medium-entropy alloy in which multiple deformation mechanisms are triggered during tensile loading at different temperatures to induce sustained work hardening. Our strategy involved control of the relative stabilities of the fcc, hcp (hexagonal close-packed), and bcc (body-centered cubic) phases in this quaternary system via high-throughput thermodynamic calculations. This alloy not only exhibits extensive deformation-induced nanotwinning at room temperature, but also displays a two-step sequential phase transformation [γ (fcc) → ε (hcp) martensite → α’ (bcc) martensite] at 77 K, which contrasts with the single-step phase transformation [γ → ε martensite] observed in many other fcc high/medium entropy alloys with a low stacking fault energy. The sequence of phase transformation at 77K was supported by first-principles density functional theory calculations. This work provides new templates for the design of alloys capable of multiple deformation mechanisms for sustained work hardening.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0019151

OSTI ID:: 1991739

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1986191

Journal Information:: International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 167, Issue 1; ISSN 0749-6419

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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