High-content ductile coherent nanoprecipitates achieve ultrastrong high-entropy alloys

High entropy alloys usually emphasize equiatomic compositions, which restrict the compositions available to induce strengthening via precipitation. Here the authors use spinodal decomposition in a five-element alloy to obtain high content nanophases and the highest tensile strength reported to date.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yao-Jian Liang, Linjing Wang, Yuren Wen, Baoyuan Cheng, Qinli Wu, Tangqing Cao, Qian Xiao, Yunfei Xue, Gang Sha, Yandong Wang, Yang Ren, Xiaoyan Li, Lu Wang, Fuchi Wang, Hongnian Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06600-8