J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2021, Vol. 65: 216-227.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.04.073

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Faceted Kurdjumov-Sachs interface-induced slip continuity in the eutectic high-entropy alloy, AlCoCrFeNi2.1

Ting Xionga,b, Wenfan Yanga,b, Shijian Zhenga,c,*(), Zhaorui Liud,e, Yiping Luf, Ruifeng Zhangd,e,**(), Yangtao Zhoua, Xiaohong Shaoa, Bo Zhanga, Jun Wangg, Fuxing Yinc, Peter K. Liawh,***(), Xiuliang Maa,i,*()   

  1. aShenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China
    bSchool of Material Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
    cTianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
    dSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
    eCenter for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science) and Key Laboratory of High-Temperature Structural Materials & Coatings Technology (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
    fKey Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
    gState Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
    hDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
    iSchool of Material Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China

Abstract:

Recently, the eutectic high-entropy alloy (EHEA), AlCoCrFeNi2.1, can reach a good balance of strength and ductility. The dual-phase alloy exhibits a eutectic lamellar microstructure with large numbers of interfaces. However, the role of the interfaces in plastic deformation have not been revealed deeply. In the present work, the orientation relationship (OR) of the interfaces has been clarified as the Kurdjumov-Sachs (KS) interfaces presenting 111B2||110FCC and 110B2||111FCC independent of their morphologies. There exist three kinds of interfaces in the EHEA, namely, (321)B2||(112)FCC, (01$\overline{1}$)B2||(33$\overline{2}$)FCC, and (23$\overline{1}$)B2||(552)FCC. The dominating (321)B2||(112)FCC interface and the secondary (01$\overline{1}$)B2||(33$\overline{2}$)FCC interface are both non-slip planes and atomistic-scale faceted, facilitating the nucleation and slip transmission of the dislocations. The formation mechanism of the preferred interfaces is revealed using the atomistic geometrical analysis according to the criteria of the low interfacial energy based on the coincidence-site lattice (CSL) theory. In particular, the ductility of the dual-phase alloy originates from the KS interface-induced slip continuity across interfaces, which provides a high slip-transfer geometric factor. Moreover, the strengthening effect can be attributed to the interface resistance for the dislocation transmission due to the mismatches of the moduli and lattice parameters at the interfaces.

Key words: High-entropy alloy, AlCoCrFeNi2.1, Interface, Kurdjumov-Sachs (KS), Dislocation