High-entropy alloys for advanced nuclear applications

EJ Pickering, AW Carruthers, PJ Barron… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The expanded compositional freedom afforded by high-entropy alloys (HEAs) represents a
unique opportunity for the design of alloys for advanced nuclear applications, in particular …

Irradiation effects in high-entropy alloys and their applications

Z Cheng, J Sun, X Gao, Y Wang, J Cui, T Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
On the one hand, Irradiation is everywhere and irradiation effect, especially the material
irradiation damage effect under strong irradiation field, is one of the key factors for the …

Enhancing the radiation tolerance of high-entropy alloys via solute-promoted chemical heterogeneities

Z Su, J Ding, M Song, L Jiang, T Shi, Z Li, S Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) composed of multiple principal elements have the potential to
offer extraordinary radiation resistance. Using NiCoFeCrMn HEA as a model, here we …

The effects of irradiation on CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy and its derivatives

Z Zhang, DEJ Armstrong, PS Grant - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract High-entropy alloys (HEAs), based on equiatomic or near-equiatomic mixture of
usually four or more elements, have attracted considerable attention as there are indications …

Superior radiation tolerance via reversible disordering–ordering transition of coherent superlattices

J Du, S Jiang, P Cao, C Xu, Y Wu, H Chen, E Fu… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Materials capable of sustaining high radiation doses at a high temperature are required for
next-generation fission and future fusion energy. To date, however, even the most promising …

Chemical environment and magnetic moment effects on point defect formations in CoCrNi-based concentrated solid-solution alloys

H Guan, S Huang, J Ding, F Tian, Q Xu, J Zhao - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Atomic investigation of point defects is the basis for exploring the mechanisms underlying
the macro performance of materials under irradiation. Owing to the complex local disordered …

Tunable chemical disorder in concentrated alloys: defect physics and radiation performance

Y Zhang, YN Osetsky, WJ Weber - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of advanced structural alloys with performance meeting the requirements
of extreme environments in nuclear reactors has been long pursued. In the long history of …

The design of Pd-containing high-entropy alloys and their hardening behavior under He ion irradiation

S Shen, L Hao, X Liu, Y Wang, Y Li, J Zhang, E Fu - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Imparting additional chemical heterogeneities of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) is considered
as a novel strategy to improve their irradiation resistance on dislocation loop growth; …

The effect of interstitial carbon atoms on defect evolution in high entropy alloys under helium irradiation

Z Su, T Shi, J Yang, H Shen, Z Li, S Wang, G Ran, C Lu - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a design strategy based on a typical multi-principal element alloy (Fe 50 Mn 30
Co 10 Cr 10, at.%) was proposed to tune the irradiation behavior by adding interstitial …

Role of Cr in the high-temperature oxidation behavior of CrxMnFeNi high-entropy alloys at 800° C in air

Y Zhang, H Wu, X Yu, D Tang - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxidation kinetics of different Cr x MnFeNi (x= 0.8–1.5) high-entropy alloys (HEAs) at 800° C
in air conformed to parabolic kinetics, and the oxidation resistance first increased and then …