| In situ neutron diffraction unravels deformation mechanisms of a strong and ductile FeCrNi medium entropy alloy | |
| Tang, L.1; Jiang, F. Q.2; Wrobel, J. S.3; Liu, B.4; Kabra, S.5; Duan, R. X.1; Luan, J. H.6; Jiao, Z. B.7; Attallah, M. M.1; Nguyen-Manh, D.8; Cai, B.1 | |
| Corresponding Author | Nguyen-Manh, D.(Duc.Nguyen@ukaea.uk) ; Cai, B.(b.cai@bham.ac.uk) |
| 2022-07-20 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1005-0302 |
| Volume | 116Pages:103-120 |
| Abstract | We investigated the mechanical and microstructural responses of a high-strength equal-molar medium entropy FeCrNi alloy at 293 and 15 K by in situ neutron diffraction testing. At 293 K, the alloy had a very high yield strength of 651 +/- 12 MPa, with a total elongation of 48% +/- 5%. At 15 K, the yield strength increased to 1092 +/- 22 MPa, but the total elongation dropped to 18% +/- 1%. Via analyzing the neutron diffraction data, we determined the lattice strain evolution, single-crystal elastic constants, stacking fault probability, and estimated stacking fault energy of the alloy at both temperatures, which are the critical parameters to feed into and compare against our first-principles calculations and dislocation-based slip system modeling. The density functional theory calculations show that the alloy tends to form short-range order at room temperatures. However, atom probe tomography and atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy did not clearly identify the short-range order. Additionally, at 293 K, experimental measured single-crystal elastic constants did not agree with those determined by first-principles calculations with short-range order but agreed well with the values from the calculation with the disordered configuration at 2000 K. This suggests that the alloy is at a metastable state resulted from the fabrication methods. In view of the high yield strength of the alloy, we calculated the strengthening contribution to the yield strength from grain boundaries, dislocations, and lattice distortion. The lattice distortion contribution was based on the Varenne-Luque-Curtine strengthening theory for multi-component alloys, which was found to be 316 MPa at 293 K and increased to 629 MPa at 15 K, making a significant contribution to the high yield strength. Regarding plastic deformation, dislocation movement and multiplication were found to be the dominant hardening mechanism at both temperatures, whereas twinning and phase transformation were not prevalent. This is mainly due to the high stacking fault energy of the alloy as estimated to be 63 mJm(-2) at 293 K and 47 mJm(-2) at 15 K. This work highlights the significance of lattice distortion and dislocations played in this alloy, providing insights into the design of new multi-component alloys with superb mechanical performance for cryogenic applications. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science & Technology. |
| Keyword | Medium entropy alloy Multi-component alloy Cryogenic temperature Neutron diffraction |
| Funding Organization | CityU grant ; RGC grant ; Euratom research and training program 2014-2018 ; RCUK Energy Programme ; European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union ; high-performing computing facility MARCONI (Bologna, Italy) by EUROfusion ; Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education ; Interdisciplinary center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (ICM) , University of Warsaw ; Euratom research and training program 2019-2020 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jmst.2021.10.034 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | CityU grant[9360161] ; RGC grant[25202719] ; Euratom research and training program 2014-2018[633053] ; RCUK Energy Programme[EP/T012250/1] ; European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union[714697] ; high-performing computing facility MARCONI (Bologna, Italy) by EUROfusion ; Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education[5018/H2020-Euratom/2019/2] ; Interdisciplinary center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (ICM) , University of Warsaw[GB79-6] ; Euratom research and training program 2019-2020[633053] |
| WOS Research Area | Materials Science ; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
| WOS Subject | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
| WOS ID | WOS:000788821800003 |
| Publisher | JOURNAL MATER SCI TECHNOL |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/172516 |
| Collection | 中国科学院金属研究所 |
| Corresponding Author | Nguyen-Manh, D.; Cai, B. |
| Affiliation | 1.Univ Birmingham, Sch Met & Mat, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Met Res, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China 3.Warsaw Univ Technol, Fac Mat Sci & Engn, Ul Woloska 141, PL-02507 Warsaw, Poland 4.Cent South Univ, State Key Lab Powder Met, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China 5.Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England 6.City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 7.Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 8.United Kingdom Atom Energy Author, CCFE, Abingdon OX14 3DB, Oxon, England |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Tang, L.,Jiang, F. Q.,Wrobel, J. S.,et al. In situ neutron diffraction unravels deformation mechanisms of a strong and ductile FeCrNi medium entropy alloy[J]. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,2022,116:103-120. |
| APA | Tang, L..,Jiang, F. Q..,Wrobel, J. S..,Liu, B..,Kabra, S..,...&Cai, B..(2022).In situ neutron diffraction unravels deformation mechanisms of a strong and ductile FeCrNi medium entropy alloy.JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,116,103-120. |
| MLA | Tang, L.,et al."In situ neutron diffraction unravels deformation mechanisms of a strong and ductile FeCrNi medium entropy alloy".JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 116(2022):103-120. |
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