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Twinning induced remarkable strain hardening in a novel Fe50Mn20Cr20Ni10 medium entropy alloy

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The microstructures and tension properties of Fe50Mn20Cr20Ni10 medium entropy alloy (MEA) were investigated, which was produced by vacuum induction melting and subsequently was homogenized at 1200 °C for 6 h. Microstructure characterization shows the single-phase solid solution with face-centered cubic structure by means of transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy combined with energy disperse spectroscopy. Our Fe-MEA has an ultimate tensile strength of 550 ± 10 MPa and a high strain hardening exponent, n, of 0.41 as well as a higher ductility (60%) than those of CrMnFeCoNi alloy. The single-phase solid solution deforms plastically via dislocations and twins. Twin boundaries associated with deformation twinning impede dislocation motion, enhancing the strain hardening capacity. This article focuses on the insights into the concept of Fe-MEAs and provides a potential direction for the future development of high entropy alloys and MEAs.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (Nos. 201901D111105 and 201901D111114), Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (2019), State Key Lab of Advanced Metals and Materials of China (Grant No. 2020-Z09), and the opening project of the State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology (Bei**g Institute of Technology), and the opening project number is KFJJ20-13M.

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    Ming-jie Qin, ** **, Min Zhang, Hui-jun Yang & Jun-wei Qiao

  2. Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, Shanxi, China

    Hui-jun Yang & Jun-wei Qiao

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Qin, Mj., **, X., Zhang, M. et al. Twinning induced remarkable strain hardening in a novel Fe50Mn20Cr20Ni10 medium entropy alloy. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 28, 1463–1470 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-021-00585-3

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