| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Probing Defect Properties and Behavior under Mechanical Deformation and Extreme Conditions
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| Presentation Title |
Effects of Electronic Structures on Defect and Mechanical Properties of BCC Multicomponent Alloys |
| Author(s) |
Yong-Jie Hu, Liang Qi |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Liang Qi |
| Abstract Scope |
Mechanical properties of BCC transition metals and alloys are significantly affected by their partially filled d-band electrons. Here I present several examples of understanding and quantifying these electronic effects on the defect behavior and mechanical properties based on first-principles calculations. The first example shows a general linear correlation that can be found between two descriptors of local electronic structures at defects in pure metals and the solute-defect interaction energies in binary alloys of refractory metals with transition-metal substitutional solutes. In addition, with these local electronic descriptors and a simple bond-counting model, we developed regression models to accurately and efficiently predict the unstable stacking fault energy and surface energy for BCC refractory multicomponent alloys. Using the regression models, we performed a systematic screening of planar fault energies and their ratio in the high-order multicomponent systems to search for alloy candidates that may have enhanced strength-ductile synergies. |