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A highly distorted ultraelastic chemically complex Elinvar alloy

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  • Q. F. He

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • J. G. Wang

    (City University of Hong Kong
    Dongguan University of Technology)

  • H. A. Chen

    (National Taipei University of Technology)

  • Z. Y. Ding

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • Z. Q. Zhou

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • L. H. Xiong

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • J. H. Luan

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • J. M. Pelletier

    (Université de Lyon, UMR CNRS5510, INSA-Lyon)

  • J. C. Qiao

    (City University of Hong Kong
    Université de Lyon, UMR CNRS5510, INSA-Lyon
    Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Q. Wang

    (Shanghai University)

  • L. L. Fan

    (Tianjin Normal University)

  • Y. Ren

    (Argonne National Laboratory
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Q. S. Zeng

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research
    Southeast University)

  • C. T. Liu

    (City University of Hong Kong
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • C. W. Pao

    (Academia Sinica)

  • D. J. Srolovitz

    (The University of Hong Kong
    International Digital Economy Academy (IDEA))

  • Y. Yang

    (City University of Hong Kong
    City University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

The development of high-performance ultraelastic metals with superb strength, a large elastic strain limit and temperature-insensitive elastic modulus (Elinvar effect) are important for various industrial applications, from actuators and medical devices to high-precision instruments1,2. The elastic strain limit of bulk crystalline metals is usually less than 1 per cent, owing to dislocation easy gliding. Shape memory alloys3—including gum metals4,5 and strain glass alloys6,7—may attain an elastic strain limit up to several per cent, although this is the result of pseudo-elasticity and is accompanied by large energy dissipation3. Recently, chemically complex alloys, such as ‘high-entropy’ alloys8, have attracted tremendous research interest owing to their promising properties9–15. In this work we report on a chemically complex alloy with a large atomic size misfit usually unaffordable in conventional alloys. The alloy exhibits a high elastic strain limit (approximately 2 per cent) and a very low internal friction (less than 2 × 10−4) at room temperature. More interestingly, this alloy exhibits an extraordinary Elinvar effect, maintaining near-constant elastic modulus between room temperature and 627 degrees Celsius (900 kelvin), which is, to our knowledge, unmatched by the existing alloys hitherto reported.

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  • Q. F. He & J. G. Wang & H. A. Chen & Z. Y. Ding & Z. Q. Zhou & L. H. Xiong & J. H. Luan & J. M. Pelletier & J. C. Qiao & Q. Wang & L. L. Fan & Y. Ren & Q. S. Zeng & C. T. Liu & C. W. Pao & D. J. Srolo, 2022. "A highly distorted ultraelastic chemically complex Elinvar alloy," Nature, Nature, vol. 602(7896), pages 251-257, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:602:y:2022:i:7896:d:10.1038_s41586-021-04309-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04309-1
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    1. Sheng Xu & Takumi Odaira & Shunsuke Sato & Xiao Xu & Toshihiro Omori & Stefanus Harjo & Takuro Kawasaki & Hanuš Seiner & Kristýna Zoubková & Yasukazu Murakami & Ryosuke Kainuma, 2022. "Non-Hookean large elastic deformation in bulk crystalline metals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Mo Xie & Weina Fang & Zhibei Qu & Yang Hu & Yichi Zhang & Jie Chao & Jiye Shi & Lihua Wang & Lianhui Wang & Yang Tian & Chunhai Fan & Huajie Liu, 2023. "High-entropy alloy nanopatterns by prescribed metallization of DNA origami templates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. H. Wang & P. Y. Yang & W. J. Zhao & S. H. Ma & J. H. Hou & Q. F. He & C. L. Wu & H. A. Chen & Q. Wang & Q. Cheng & B. S. Guo & J. C. Qiao & W. J. Lu & S. J. Zhao & X. D. Xu & C. T. Liu & Y. Liu & C. W, 2024. "Lattice distortion enabling enhanced strength and plasticity in high entropy intermetallic alloy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    4. Yeqiang Bu & Yuan Wu & Zhifeng Lei & Xiaoyuan Yuan & Leqing Liu & Peng Wang & Xiongjun Liu & Honghui Wu & Jiabin Liu & Hongtao Wang & R. O. Ritchie & Zhaoping Lu & Wei Yang, 2024. "Elastic strain-induced amorphization in high-entropy alloys," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.

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