Intrinsic ductility of random substitutional alloys from nonlinear elasticity theory

Winter, I. S.; de Jong, M.; Montoya, J.; Rothchild, E.; Chrzan, D. C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.113608

Title: Intrinsic ductility of random substitutional alloys from nonlinear elasticity theory

Journal Article · 26 November 2019 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.113608 · OSTI ID:1618199

^[1]; de Jong, M. ^[2]; Montoya, J. ^[3]; Rothchild, E. ^[4]; Chrzan, D. C. ^[5]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); SpaceX, Hawthorne, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

A method suitable for computing the ideal strength of random substitutional alloys is introduced. The method relies on nonlinear continuum elasticity theory and allows for the high-throughput computation of ideal strength. The method also allows for the high-throughput computation of an intrinsic ductility parameter defined for a given applied stress state as the ratio of the strain associated with the cleavage instability to the strain associated with the first shear instability. The intrinsic ductility parameter is shown to correlate well with the measured elongations to failure for elemental body-centered-cubic and hexagonal close-packed metals. Application to four high-entropy alloys indicates that the intrinsic ductility parameter describes their experimental compressions to failure well. The method is used to argue that the brittle refractory high-entropy alloy Ta-Nb-V-W-Mo could be made much more ductile through replacement of Mo with Nb. Finally, the potential for the high-throughput optimization of high entropy and chemically complex alloys is discussed.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1618199

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--794470; 994772

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 3; ISSN PRMHAR; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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