The Effect of Scandium on the Structure, Microstructure and Superconductivity of Equimolar Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr Refractory High-Entropy Alloys
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022

In this study, we investigate the scandium-containing Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr system of refractory high-entropy alloys (HEAs). Using the arc-melting method, we synthesized nine equimolar alloys (five 4-, three 5-and one 6-component), with all of them containing Sc. The alloys were characterized by XRD, electron microscopy and EDS, while superconductivity was investigated via electrical resistivity, specific heat and the Meissner effect. The results were compared to the parent Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr refractory HEAs, forming a single-phase body-centered cubic (bcc) structure and quite homogeneous microstructure. The addition of Sc produces a two-phase structure in the Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr alloys, with one phase being bcc and the other hexagonal close-packed (hcp). The hcp phase absorbs practically all Sc, whereas the Sc-poor bcc phase is identical to the bcc phase in the Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr parent system. Upon the Sc addition, the microstructure becomes very inhomogeneous. Large bcc dendrites (10–100 µm) are homogeneous in the central parts, but become a fine dispersion of sub-micron precipitates of the bcc and hcp phases close to the edges. The interdendritic regions are also a fine dispersion of the two phases. Superconductivity of the Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr alloys originates from the bcc phase fraction, which demonstrates identical superconducting parameters as the bcc Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr parent alloys, while the Sc-containing hcp phase fraction is non-superconducting.

High-entropy alloys

Structure and microstructure

Superconductivity

Författare

Mitja Krnel

Institut Jožef Stefan

A. Jelen

Institut Jožef Stefan

S. Vrtnik

Institut Jožef Stefan

J. Luzar

Institut Jožef Stefan

Darja Gačnik

Institut Jožef Stefan

P. Koželj

Institut Jožef Stefan

Univerza V Ljubljani

Magdalena Wencka

Polish Academy of Sciences

Institut Jožef Stefan

A. Meden

Univerza V Ljubljani

Q. Hu

Jiangxi Academy of Sciences

Sheng Guo

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Material och tillverkning

J. Dolinšek

Univerza V Ljubljani

Institut Jožef Stefan

Materials

19961944 (eISSN)

Vol. 15 3 1122

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

Materialkemi

Metallurgi och metalliska material

DOI

10.3390/ma15031122

PubMed

35161067

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