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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Laplanche, G.
• Bonneville, J.
• Varvenne, C.
• Curtin, W.A.
• George, E.P.

Titel

Thermal activation parameters of plastic flow reveal deformation mechanisms in the CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

Ist Teil von

• Acta materialia, 2018-01, Vol.143, p.257-264

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To reveal the operating mechanisms of plastic deformation in an FCC high-entropy alloy, the activation volumes in CrMnFeCoNi have been measured as a function of plastic strain and temperature between 77 K and 423 K using repeated load relaxation experiments. At the yield stress, σy, the activation volume varies from ∼60 b3 at 77 K to ∼360 b3 at 293 K and scales inversely with yield stress. With increasing plastic strain, the activation volume decreases and the trends follow the Cottrell-Stokes law, according to which the inverse activation volume should increase linearly with σ−σy (Haasen plot). This is consistent with the notion that hardening due to an increase in the density of forest dislocations is naturally associated with a decrease in the activation volume because the spacing between dislocations decreases. The values and trends in activation volume agree with theoretical predictions that treat the HEA as a high-concentration solid-solution-strengthened alloy. These results demonstrate that this HEA deforms by the mechanisms typical of solute strengthening in FCC alloys, and thus indicate that the high compositional/structural complexity does not introduce any new intrinsic deformation mechanisms. [Display omitted]