Tunability of Martensitic Transformation with Cohesive Energies for Fe80−xMnxCo10Cr10 High-Entropy Alloys
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method and Simulation Details
2.1. EAM Potential Optimization
2.2. Molecular Dynamic Simulation Details
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Potential Optimization
3.2. Deformation Processes for Models with of 71 meV/atom
3.3. Deformation Processes for Models with of 0 meV/atom
3.4. Deformation Processes for Models with of −50 meV/atom
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Nomenclature
HEAs | High-entropy alloys |
TRIP-DP-HEA | Transformation-induced plasticity-assisted dual-phase alloy |
MD | Molecular dynamic |
MT | Martensitic transformation |
DFT | Density functional theory |
SFE | Stacking fault energy (mJ/m2) |
TB | Twin boundary |
λ | Twin boundary spacings |
LAMMPS | Large-Scale Atom/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator |
CNA | Common Neighbor Analysis |
VCA | Virtual crystal approximation |
bcc | Body-centered cubic |
fcc | Face-centered cubic |
hcp | Hexagonal close-packed |
Appendix A
Summary of the Fitting Coefficients The Units of Energy and Distance Are eV and Å | |||
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Potential II | Potential II | ||
r0 | 1.8 | r1 | 2.4 |
r2 | 3.0 | r3 | 3.6 |
r4 | 4.2 | r5 | 4.8 |
r6 | 5.4 | r7 | 6.0 |
a1 | −9.66770760793731 × 10−1 | a2 | −4.320220866033277 × 10−4 |
a3 | 3.478971484000802 × 10−7 | a4 | 2.000000000000000 × 10−1 |
a5 | 40 | ||
b0 | 2.101375956583815 × 103 | b1 | −2.077171964986614 × 103 |
b2 | 5.162776790386556 × 102 | ||
c1,3 | −5.2106037336697 × 10−2 | c1,4 | 2.778188909933398 × 102 |
c1,5 | −3.7570947633811610 × 101 | c2,3 | 4.62601873279574 × 10−1 |
c2,4 | 5.397455863083986 × 100 | c2,5 | 1.329131989361568 × 100 |
c3,3 | −4.344697177683853 × 100 | c3,4 | 3.444687503275756 × 100 |
c3,5 | −2.556175142394920 × 100 | c4,3 | −1.539582959232970 × 100 |
c4,4 | 8.16212811008731 × 10−1 | c4,5 | −4.4854759939966 × 10−2 |
c5,3 | −9.19177586830533 × 10−1 | c5,4 | −1.264203911131165 × 100 |
c5,5 | −9.80724404586589 × 10−1 | c6,3 | 8.201649434365 × 10−3 |
c6,4 | −2.817017818372356 × 100 | c6,5 | 1.58226822562389 × 10−1 |
c7,3 | 4.47354593228291 × 10−1 | c7,4 | −1.232064925519546 × 100 |
c7,5 | 8.53120624954035 × 10−1 |
Summary of the Fitting Coefficients The Units of Energy and Distance Are eV and Å | |||
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Potential III | Potential III | ||
r0 | 1.8 | r1 | 2.4 |
r2 | 3.0 | r3 | 3.6 |
r4 | 4.2 | r5 | 4.8 |
r6 | 5.4 | r7 | 6.0 |
a1 | −1.081659385091810 × 100 | a2 | −1.515231941409 × 10−3 |
a3 | 6.943744787859560 × 10−7 | a4 | 2.000000000000000 × 10−1 |
a5 | 40 | ||
b0 | 5.451752816213673 × 103 | b1 | −5.754856912375750 × 103 |
b2 | 1.522035944735593 × 103 | ||
c1,3 | 5.510424603160274 × 102 | c1,4 | −2.207729708000522 × 103 |
c1,5 | 2.474846739550133 × 103 | c2,3 | −3.628422779567440 × 100 |
c2,4 | 9.789322689368860 × 100 | c2,5 | −5.955323422751416 × 100 |
c3,3 | 1.933180399702355 × 100 | c3,4 | 1.1043734351838088 × 101 |
c3,5 | 3.966275516567340 × 100 | c4,3 | −1.139122907374148 × 100 |
c4,4 | 8.174054355850220 × 100 | c4,5 | −3.837897146665342 × 100 |
c5,3 | −1.261352893543118 × 100 | c5,4 | 1.897898187922895 × 100 |
c5,5 | −7.74660867853492 × 10−1 | c6,3 | −1.720878011359318 × 100 |
c6,4 | −1.30970194552900 × 10−1 | c6,5 | −1.060029898052776 × 100 |
c7,3 | 3.66636529045938 × 10−1 | c7,4 | −8.86829309275372 × 10−1 |
c7,5 | 6.95113617224733 × 10−1 |
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Properties | Target | Potential Ⅰ [17] | Potential Ⅱ | Potential Ⅲ |
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a (fcc) (Å) | 3.608 [26] | 3.609 | 3.610 | 3.608 |
Ec_fcc (eV/atom) | −4.679 [*] | −4.679 | −4.729 | −4.729 |
C11 (GPa) | 265 [12] | 332 | 329 | 317 |
C12 (GPa) | 184 [12] | 133 | 138 | 154 |
C44 (GPa) | 113 [12] | 51 | 45 | 40 |
γ111 (mJ/m2) | 2367 [17] | 2457 | 2443 | 1471 |
γ110 (mJ/m2) | 2718 [17] | 2580 | 2626 | 1800 |
γ100 (mJ/m2) | 2783 [17] | 2481 | 2446 | 1479 |
γsf (mJ/m2) | - | −385 | 16 | 301 |
γusf (mJ/m2) | 200 [27] | 199 | 241 | 460 |
Evac (eV) | 2 [28] | 2 | 2.2 | 2.17 |
a (hcp) (Å) | 2.544 [26] | 2.547 | 2.544 | 2.544 |
c (hcp) (Å) | 4.110 [26] | 4.098 | 4.152 | 4.110 |
Ec_hcp (eV/atom) | −4.750 [*] | −4.750 | −4.729 | −4.679 |
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Cao, Y.; Zhang, X.; Zhou, D.; Wang, P.; Pan, D.; Wang, H. Tunability of Martensitic Transformation with Cohesive Energies for Fe80−xMnxCo10Cr10 High-Entropy Alloys. Metals 2024, 14, 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14060728
Cao Y, Zhang X, Zhou D, Wang P, Pan D, Wang H. Tunability of Martensitic Transformation with Cohesive Energies for Fe80−xMnxCo10Cr10 High-Entropy Alloys. Metals. 2024; 14(6):728. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14060728
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Yu, Xiaoliang Zhang, Daoxuan Zhou, Peng Wang, Deng Pan, and Hongtao Wang. 2024. "Tunability of Martensitic Transformation with Cohesive Energies for Fe80−xMnxCo10Cr10 High-Entropy Alloys" Metals 14, no. 6: 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14060728