Strong work-hardenable body-centered-cubic high-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperature

X Wen, L Zhu, M Naeem, H Huang, S Jiang, H Wang… - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Body-centered cubic (BCC) metals and alloys are usually brittle with limited strain hardening
capability at cryogenic temperatures due to the restricted dislocation nucleation and mobility …

Strengthening and dynamic recrystallization mediated by Si-alloying in a refractory high entropy alloy

Y Guo, J He, Z Li, L Jia, X Wu, C Liu - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
Refractory high entropy alloys (RHEAs) are increasingly attractive for potential high
temperature applications. To further optimize the mechanical properties, here we introduce …

Intrinsic factors responsible for brittle versus ductile nature of refractory high-entropy alloys

T Tsuru, S Han, S Matsuura, Z Chen, K Kishida… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) are of interest for ultrahigh-temperature
applications. To overcome their drawbacks—low-temperature brittleness and poor creep …

Size-dependent plasticity in an Nb25Mo25Ta25W25 refractory high-entropy alloy

Y Zou, S Maiti, W Steurer, R Spolenak - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are evolving multi-component intermetallic systems, wherein
multiple principal elements tend to form single solid-solution-like phases with a strong …

Solving oxygen embrittlement of refractory high-entropy alloy via grain boundary engineering

Z Wang, H Wu, Y Wu, H Huang, X Zhu, Y Zhang, H Zhu… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs), particularly NbMoTaW RHEAs, exhibit outstanding
softening resistance and thermal stability at ultra-high temperatures, but suffer from room …

Oxygen-assisted spinodal structure achieves 1.5 GPa yield strength in a ductile refractory high-entropy alloy

D Cui, Y Zhang, L Liu, Y Li, L Wang, Z Wang, J Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) with room-temperature ductility are drawing growing
attention for potential high-temperature applications. However, the most widely used …

Effect of interstitial oxygen/nitrogen on mechanical and wear properties of TiZrHfNb refractory high-entropy alloy

C Jin, X Li, J Kang, H Li, H Wang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Refractory high-entropy alloy (RHEA), as a kind of promising alloy, has received particular
attention in high-temperature applications because of its stability and excellent high …

A precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties

JY He, H Wang, HL Huang, XD Xu, MW Chen, Y Wu… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent studies indicated that high-entropy alloys (HEAs) possess unusual structural and
thermal features, which could greatly affect dislocation motion and contribute to the …

A single-phase V0. 5Nb0. 5ZrTi refractory high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties

Y Chen, Z Xu, M Wang, Y Li, C Wu, Y Yang - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A ductile V 0.5 Nb 0.5 ZrTi refractory high-entropy alloy (RHEA) with relatively low
density (~ 6 g/cm− 3) is investigated, designed by controlling its valence electron …

Microstructures and mechanical properties of TixNbMoTaW refractory high-entropy alloys

ZD Han, HW Luan, X Liu, N Chen, XY Li, Y Shao… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) are newly developed candidate materials for high-
temperature applications. Among the existing RHEAs, NbMoTaW RHEA possesses the best …