Inhibition effect of segregation and chemical order on grain boundary migration in NbMoTaW multi-principal element alloy

The impacts of solute segregation and chemical order on grain boundary (GB) migration are investigated by atomistic simulations in the NbMoTaW multi-principal element alloy (MPEA). Assisted by a contrived Nb-rich model, it is found that solute segregation and chemical order synergistically inhibit G...

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Published in:Scripta materialia 2023-10, Vol.235, p.115632, Article 115632
Main Authors: Li, Xiao-Tong, Tang, Xiao-Zhi, Guo, Ya-Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chemical order
Grain boundary migration
Multi-principal element alloy
Segregation
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Summary:The impacts of solute segregation and chemical order on grain boundary (GB) migration are investigated by atomistic simulations in the NbMoTaW multi-principal element alloy (MPEA). Assisted by a contrived Nb-rich model, it is found that solute segregation and chemical order synergistically inhibit GB migration. Nb segregation increases the critical stress for GB migration, and the presence of chemical order further enhances the resistance of GB to plastic deformation. The destruction of local ordering structures is responsible for the difficult GB migration. Transition pathway analyses show that GB modified with both Nb segregation and chemical order requires high migration barrier, and the prior migration of GB sites tends to avoid regions with heavier chemical order. These results provide new insight into how chemical complexity affects elementary GB motion and contribute to manipulating the stability of MPEAs. [Display omitted]
ISSN:1359-6462
1872-8456
DOI:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115632