A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6201, 2014, Pages 1153-1158

  Gludovatz, Bernd ^a   Hohenwarter, Anton ^b   Catoor, Dhiraj ^c   Chang, Edwin H ^a   George, Easo P ^c,d   Ritchie, Robert O ^a,e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY;

ALLOY; CRYOGENIC FLUID; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; ENTROPY; HARDENING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SLIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWINNING;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTROPY; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84907226114     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1254581     Document Type: Article

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