Lattice distortion and magnetic property of high entropy alloys at low temperatures

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2021.07.019

Abstract

Abstract:

Deformation mechanisms and magnetic properties of medium and high entropy alloys (MEA/HEAs) closely relate to lattice distortion and are strongly temperature-dependent, in particular, at low temperature ranges. However, little attention has been paid to the evolution of lattice distortion with temperature decreasing and its effects on deformation behavior and magnetic state transition. In this work, we carry out in situ synchrotron radiation based X-ray powder diffraction (SR-XRD) experiments from 293 to 123 K aiming for determining lattice distortion evolutions of CrCoNi MEA, CrFeCoNi and CrMnFeCoNi HEAs. Magnetic measurements at corresponding low temperatures and cryogenic ranges are further conducted. The in situ SR-XRD results demonstrate a general reduction of lattice distortion magnitude with temperature decreasing, which shows a similar tendency with that of reported stacking fault energy (SFE) values. It is thus suggested that lattice distortion reduction possibly makes a critical contribution to deformation mechanism transition. The magnetic measurement results show a clear ferromagnetic transition of CrFeCoNi HEA when temperature is below 173 K. While, no obvious magnetic state transition is observed for CrCoNi MEA and CrMnFeCoNi HEA. The present findings on lattice distortion evolutions will pave the way for designing targeted HEAs with particular properties.

Key words: High entropy alloy, Lattice distortion, Magnetic property, Low temperature, In situ SR-XRD

Yuan-Yuan Tan, Zhong-Jun Chen, Ming-Yao Su, Gan Ding, Min-Qiang Jiang, Zhou-Can Xie, Yu Gong, Tao Wu, Zhong-Hua Wu, Hai-Ying Wang, Lan-Hong Dai. Lattice distortion and magnetic property of high entropy alloys at low temperatures[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2022, 104: 236-243.

Figures/Tables 6

Fig. 1. XRD patterns of (a) CrCoNi MEA, (b) CrFeCoNi HEA and (c) CrMnFeCoNi HEA at 293, 223, 173, and 123 K collected at 4B9A beamline in BSRF.

Fig. 2. (111), (200), (220) and (311) Bragg peak position shifts of (a) CrCoNi MEA, (b) CrFeCoNi HEA, (c) CrMnFeCoNi HEA. The error bars are very small and enclosed in the scattering symbols.

Fig. 3. (a) Lattice parameter and (b) Uisoevolutions of CrCoNi MEA, CrFeCoNi HEA and CrMnFeCoNi HEA along with temperature decreasing. The values are obtained from the Rietveld refinements of individual XRD patterns.

Fig. 4. (a-c) Peak intensity and (d-f) FWHM value evolutions for (111), (200), (220) and (311) planes of (a) CrCoNi MEA, (b) CrFeCoNi HEA and (c) CrMnFeCoNi HEA with decreasing temperature.

Schematic 1. Schematic of lowering temperature effects on lattice distortion evolutions in CrMnFeCoNi HEAs system.

Fig. 5. Magnetic properties of CrCoNi MEA, CrFeCoNi and CrMnFeCoNi HEAs. (a) M-T curves collected at a temperature range from 300 to 4 K, (b-d) M-H curves measured at low and cryogenic temperatures.

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