[HTML][HTML] A 3D printable alloy designed for extreme environments

TM Smith, CA Kantzos, NA Zarkevich, BJ Harder… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Multiprincipal-element alloys are an enabling class of materials owing to their impressive
mechanical and oxidation-resistant properties, especially in extreme environments,. Here …

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 …

Hot cracking mechanism affecting a non-weldable Ni-based superalloy produced by selective electron Beam Melting

E Chauvet, P Kontis, EA Jägle, B Gault, D Raabe… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
A non weldable nickel-based superalloy was fabricated by powder bed-based selective
electron beam melting (S-EBM). The as-built samples exhibit a heterogeneous …

Short-range order strengthening in boron-doped high-entropy alloys for cryogenic applications

JB Seol, JW Bae, JG Kim, H Sung, Z Li, HH Lee… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Boron doping with an adequate concentration is highly desirable for alloy development
because it profoundly improves the material's interface cohesion via interfacial segregation …

Boron in Heat‐Treatable Steels: A Review

M Sharma, I Ortlepp, W Bleck - steel research international, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The science and technology of boron addition to heat‐treatable steels are explained. The
aim is to address the following: How to add boron to steel (ie, the manufacturing aspects of …

Atomic-scale grain boundary engineering to overcome hot-cracking in additively-manufactured superalloys

P Kontis, E Chauvet, Z Peng, J He, AK da Silva… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
There are still debates regarding the mechanisms that lead to hot cracking in parts build by
additive manufacturing (AM) of non-weldable nickel-based superalloys. This lack of in-depth …

Review of microstructure–mechanical property relationships in cast and wrought Ni‐based superalloys with boron, carbon, and zirconium microalloying additions

F Theska, WF Tse, B Schulz… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cast and wrought Ni‐based superalloys are materials of choice for harsh high‐temperature
environments of aircraft engines and gas turbines. Their compositional complexity requires …

Superior high-temperature properties and deformation-induced planar faults in a novel L12-strengthened high-entropy alloy

YL Zhao, T Yang, YR Li, L Fan, B Han, ZB Jiao, D Chen… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We developed a novel high-performance L1 2-strengthened high-entropy alloy (HEA) in the
multicomponent Ni-Co-Fe-Cr-Al-Nb system. The phase transformation, mechanical …

Effect of carbon content on the microstructure, tensile properties and cracking susceptibility of IN738 superalloy processed by laser powder bed fusion

W Zhou, Y Tian, Q Tan, S Qiao, H Luo, G Zhu… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high cracking susceptibility is the major barrier hindering the broad adoption of additive
manufacturing (AM) in traditional non-weldable superalloys. It is particularly important to …

[HTML][HTML] Austenite grain boundary segregation and precipitation of boron in low-C steels and their role on the heterogeneous nucleation of ferrite

TS Prithiv, B Gault, Y Li, D Andersen, N Valle, S Eswara… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The addition of boron (B) to steels suppresses the austenite to ferrite phase transformation
dramatically, thus increasing their hardenability. It achieves this through grain boundary …