Solid solution strengthening(SSS)is one kind of strengthening mechanisms and plays an important role in alloy design,in particular for single-phase alloys including high-entropy alloys(HEAs).The classical Labusch–Nab...Solid solution strengthening(SSS)is one kind of strengthening mechanisms and plays an important role in alloy design,in particular for single-phase alloys including high-entropy alloys(HEAs).The classical Labusch–Nabarro model and its expansions are most widely applicable to treating SSS of solid solution alloys including both conventional alloys(CAs)and HEAs.In this study,the SSS effects in a series of Febased CAs and HEAs are investigated by using the classical Labusch–Nabarro model and its expansions.The size misfit and shear modulus misfit parameters are derived from first-principles calculations.Based on available experimental data in combination with empirical SSS model,we propose fitting constants(i.e.,the ratio between experimental hardness and predicted SSS effect)for these two families of alloys.The predicted host/alloy family-dependent fitting constants can be used to estimate the hardness of these SSS alloys.General agreement between predicted and measured hardness values is satisfactory for both CAs and HEAs,implying that the proposed approach is reliable and successful.展开更多
Grain-boundary(GB)precipitation has a significant adverse effect on plasticity of alloys,which easily leads to catastrophic intergranular failure in safety-critical applications under high external loading.Herein,we r...Grain-boundary(GB)precipitation has a significant adverse effect on plasticity of alloys,which easily leads to catastrophic intergranular failure in safety-critical applications under high external loading.Herein,we report a novel strategy that uses the local stress concentration induced by GB precipitates as a driving force to trigger phase transformation of preset non-equiatomic high-entropy solid-solution phase at GBs.This in situ deformation-induced phase transformation at GBs introduces a well-known effect:transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP),which enables an exceptional elongation to fracture(above 38%)at a high strength(above 1.5 GPa)in a GB precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy(HEA).The present strategy in terms of"local stress concentration-induced phase transformations at GBs"may provide a fundamental approach by taking advantage of(rather than avoiding)the GB precipitation to gain a superior combination of high strength and high ductility in HEAs.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51871175)Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research,College of Stomatology,Xi’an Jiaotong University(No.2021LHM-KFKT005)+2 种基金the Innovation Fund of Materials Research of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics(No.CX201909)Fund of Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Chemistry(No.XKFZ201902)are acknowledged for financial supportthe financial support of the US AFOSR(No.FA9550-20-1-0015)。
文摘Solid solution strengthening(SSS)is one kind of strengthening mechanisms and plays an important role in alloy design,in particular for single-phase alloys including high-entropy alloys(HEAs).The classical Labusch–Nabarro model and its expansions are most widely applicable to treating SSS of solid solution alloys including both conventional alloys(CAs)and HEAs.In this study,the SSS effects in a series of Febased CAs and HEAs are investigated by using the classical Labusch–Nabarro model and its expansions.The size misfit and shear modulus misfit parameters are derived from first-principles calculations.Based on available experimental data in combination with empirical SSS model,we propose fitting constants(i.e.,the ratio between experimental hardness and predicted SSS effect)for these two families of alloys.The predicted host/alloy family-dependent fitting constants can be used to estimate the hardness of these SSS alloys.General agreement between predicted and measured hardness values is satisfactory for both CAs and HEAs,implying that the proposed approach is reliable and successful.
基金supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51871178)。
文摘Grain-boundary(GB)precipitation has a significant adverse effect on plasticity of alloys,which easily leads to catastrophic intergranular failure in safety-critical applications under high external loading.Herein,we report a novel strategy that uses the local stress concentration induced by GB precipitates as a driving force to trigger phase transformation of preset non-equiatomic high-entropy solid-solution phase at GBs.This in situ deformation-induced phase transformation at GBs introduces a well-known effect:transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP),which enables an exceptional elongation to fracture(above 38%)at a high strength(above 1.5 GPa)in a GB precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy(HEA).The present strategy in terms of"local stress concentration-induced phase transformations at GBs"may provide a fundamental approach by taking advantage of(rather than avoiding)the GB precipitation to gain a superior combination of high strength and high ductility in HEAs.
