Criterion for sigma phase formation in Cr- and V-Containing high-entropy alloys

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 207-212

  Tsai, Ming Hung ^a   Tsai, Kun Yo ^b   Tsai, Che Wei ^b   Lee, Chi ^b   Juan, Chien Chang ^b   Yeh, Jien Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alloy Design; High Entropy Alloy; Phase Stability; Sigma Phase; Valence Electron Concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893188440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2013.831382     Document Type: Article

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