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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 809, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.140931
Keywords
Medium-entropy alloy; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Dislocations; Twinning
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51371113]
- China Scholarship Council
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This study designs a Ti48.9Zr32.0Nb12.6Ta6.5 MEA exhibiting {112}<111>(beta) twins at room temperature. The solution-treated (ST) samples show homogeneous chemical composition, good tensile properties, and no athermal phase. Microscopy reveals the interaction between twins and dislocations in the deformation of MEAs, contributing to work hardening.
The {112}< 111 >(beta) deformation twinning has never been confirmed in refractory high or medium entropy alloys (HEAs or MEAs) at room temperature. Here a Ti48.9Zr32.0Nb12.6Ta6.5 MEA shows {112}< 111 >(beta) twins was designed based on the d-electron alloy design method learned from beta Ti alloys. The solution-treated (ST) samples show equiaxed grains, single beta phase, homogenous chemical composition and good tensile properties. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigation shows that the ST samples is free of athermal. phase. Following TEM results revealed abundant dislocations and their structures such as jogs, loops, cross-slips and slip bands in the deformed samples. The {112}< 111 >(beta) twins were observed in the fractured samples, with interfacial. phase on the twin boundary. Elemental segregation has not been detected in the twinned region by scanning transmission electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (STEM-EDS) mapping. The interaction between dislocations and twins was revealed by low-angle annular dark field (LAADF), thus twins in addition to the dislocation jogs, loops, cross-slips and slip bands, contribute to the work hardening in the present MEA. Deformation twinning in HEAs and MEAs has been discussed and twins can be expected in these alloys when the effects of their constituent elements were carefully considered. In particular, the present strategy of starting from beta Ti alloys can be applied to design refractory HEAs and MEAs with desirable deformation microstructures.
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