A study of lattice elasticity from low entropy metals to medium and high entropy alloys

Abstract

An equal-molar CoCrFeMnNi, face-centered-cubic high-entropy alloy system and a face-centered-cubic stainless steel described as a medium-entropy system, are measured by in situ neutron-diffraction experiments subjected to continuous tension at room and several elevated temperatures, respectively. With spallation neutron, the evolution of multiple diffraction peaks is collected simultaneously for lattice-elasticity study. Temperature variation of elastic stiffness of a single face-centered-cubic-phase Ni and a single face-centered-cubic-phase Fe are compared as low-entropy metals. The CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy shows distinct lattice anisotropy. (C) 2015 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.