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Original Reports

Ordering-mediated local nano-clustering results in unusually large Hall-Petch strengthening coefficients in high entropy alloys

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Pages 213-222 | Received 13 Nov 2020, Published online: 23 Jan 2021

Figures & data

Figure 1. Engineering Stress versus Plastic Strain plots for (a) CoFeNi, (b) Al0.3CoFeNi, (c) CoCrFeNi and (d) Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCAs. (e) Yield Strength versus 1/√d plots for CoFeNi, Al0.3CoFeNi, CoCrFeNi and Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCAs.

Figure 1. Engineering Stress versus Plastic Strain plots for (a) CoFeNi, (b) Al0.3CoFeNi, (c) CoCrFeNi and (d) Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCAs. (e) Yield Strength versus 1/√d plots for CoFeNi, Al0.3CoFeNi, CoCrFeNi and Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCAs.

Table 1. Lattice friction stress (σ0) and Hall-Petch strengthening co-efficient (K) values along with the grain size range for each alloy.

Figure 2. SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for CoFeNi CCA. APT results for CoFeNi CCA: Reconstructed ion maps for (b) Fe and (c) Ni. (d) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni.

Figure 2. SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for CoFeNi CCA. APT results for CoFeNi CCA: Reconstructed ion maps for (b) Fe and (c) Ni. (d) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni.

Figure 3. (a) SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for CoCrFeNi CCA. APT results for CoCrFeNi CCA: Reconstructed ion maps for (b) Ni and (c) Cr. (d) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni. (e) 3D reconstruction of Ni-Cr rich clusters obtained via cluster analysis and (f) Table listing the composition of the matrix and the Ni-Cr clusters.

Figure 3. (a) SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for CoCrFeNi CCA. APT results for CoCrFeNi CCA: Reconstructed ion maps for (b) Ni and (c) Cr. (d) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni. (e) 3D reconstruction of Ni-Cr rich clusters obtained via cluster analysis and (f) Table listing the composition of the matrix and the Ni-Cr clusters.

Figure 4. (a) SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for Al0.3CoFeNi CCA. APT results for Al0.3CoFeNi CCA: (b) Reconstructed Ni ion map and (c) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni. (d) 3D reconstruction of Ni-Al rich clusters obtained via cluster analysis and (e) Table listing the composition of the matrix and the Ni-Al clusters.

Figure 4. (a) SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for Al0.3CoFeNi CCA. APT results for Al0.3CoFeNi CCA: (b) Reconstructed Ni ion map and (c) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni. (d) 3D reconstruction of Ni-Al rich clusters obtained via cluster analysis and (e) Table listing the composition of the matrix and the Ni-Al clusters.

Figure 5. (a) SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCA. APT results for Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCA: (b) Reconstructed Ni ion map and (c) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni. (d) 3D reconstruction of Ni-Al rich clusters obtained via cluster analysis and (e) Table listing the composition of the matrix and the Ni-Al clusters.

Figure 5. (a) SAED pattern obtained from [101] Zone Axis for Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCA. APT results for Al0.3CoCrFeNi CCA: (b) Reconstructed Ni ion map and (c) Observed (solid line) and theoretical/binomial (dotted line) frequency distributions for Ni. (d) 3D reconstruction of Ni-Al rich clusters obtained via cluster analysis and (e) Table listing the composition of the matrix and the Ni-Al clusters.

Table 2. Calculated critical shear stress (τc), coherency strengthening, resolved shear stress for overcoming grain boundary barrier (τa), and predicted τa.

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Data availability

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.