Activation of deformation twinning in ultrafine-grained high-entropy alloys via tailoring stacking fault energy and critical twinning stress

  • Seungjin Nam
  • , Hansol Son
  • , Yongwook Song
  • , Juyeon Han
  • , Won Seok Ko
  • , Seok Su Sohn
  • , Hyoung Seop Kim
  • , Hyunjoo Choi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    In this study, we propose a new material design approach to activate deformation twinning in ultrafine-grained (UFG) AlCoCrCuFeNiTi-based high-entropy alloys (HEAs) by considering both thermodynamic and microstructural aspects. Stacking fault energy of the solid-solution phase is reduced by tailoring composition with increasing Co/Ni ratio and diminishing the concentration of Al and Ti through precipitation. Furthermore, grain size is adjusted to enable the flow stress to surpass the critical twinning stress. It results in the activation of nano-twinning in the UFG HEAs, making the alloys exhibit high strain-hardening after yielding from 1.6 to 2.3 GPa.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number146055
    JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: A
    Volume897
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2024 Apr

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    Keywords

    • Compositional tailoring
    • High-entropy alloys
    • Nano-twinning
    • Staking fault energy
    • Work-hardening

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering

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