{"title":"Enhanced migration of mono-vacancies in AlxFeCoCrNi high entropy alloys","authors":"Xudong An, Eryang Lu, Ilja Makkonen, Guanying Wei, Jesper Byggmästar, Jiulong Zhu, Kenichiro Mizohata, Zhehao Chen, Flyura Djurabekova, Wangyu Hu, Huiqiu Deng, Tengfei Yang, Filip Tuomisto","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177704","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A profound understanding of the fundamental properties of point defects in high entropy alloys (HEAs) is essential to predict their irradiation properties. In this work, particle irradiation was performed to produce point-like defects in the samples, and positron annihilation spectroscopy experiments combined with advanced theoretical modeling to directly reveal the influence of Al content on mono-vacancy migration in Al<sub>x</sub>FeCoCrNi HEAs. The results show that the addition of Al to the alloy promotes the migration and recovery of irradiation-induced mono-vacancies. The Al enhanced mono-vacancy recovery is caused by the easier removal of mono-vacancies in Al-rich environments, while the delayed vacancy recovery occurs mainly in Fe-rich and/or Cr-rich environments. The modification of the complex energy landscape encountered by the diffusing species by introduction of trace elements may be an efficient approach for designing alloys with improved radiation tolerance.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"237 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177704","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A profound understanding of the fundamental properties of point defects in high entropy alloys (HEAs) is essential to predict their irradiation properties. In this work, particle irradiation was performed to produce point-like defects in the samples, and positron annihilation spectroscopy experiments combined with advanced theoretical modeling to directly reveal the influence of Al content on mono-vacancy migration in AlxFeCoCrNi HEAs. The results show that the addition of Al to the alloy promotes the migration and recovery of irradiation-induced mono-vacancies. The Al enhanced mono-vacancy recovery is caused by the easier removal of mono-vacancies in Al-rich environments, while the delayed vacancy recovery occurs mainly in Fe-rich and/or Cr-rich environments. The modification of the complex energy landscape encountered by the diffusing species by introduction of trace elements may be an efficient approach for designing alloys with improved radiation tolerance.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Alloys and Compounds is intended to serve as an international medium for the publication of work on solid materials comprising compounds as well as alloys. Its great strength lies in the diversity of discipline which it encompasses, drawing together results from materials science, solid-state chemistry and physics.