Significant annealing-induced hardening effect in nanolaminate d-nanotwinne d(CrCoNi)_(97.4)Al_(0.8)Ti_(1.8)me dium-entropy alloy by severe cold rolling

Due to the easy coarsening caused by poor thermal stability,the verified annealing-induced hardening in nanograined metals can only maintain at a relatively low-temperature range.In this study,a nanolam-inated(CrCoNi)_(97.4)Al_(0.8)Ti_(1.8)medium-entropy alloy with an average lamellae thickness of∼20 nm embedded by thinner nanotwins was fabricated by severe cold rolling to achieve superior thermal stability.Compared with the conventional nanotwinned CrCoNi with nanotwins inside ultra-fined grains,the hier-archical nanolaminated-nanotwinned(CrCoNi)_(97.4)Al_(0.8)Ti_(1.8) exhibits a significant annealing-induced hard-ening effect,i.e.,hardness increasing from∼250 HV in the original specimen to∼500 HV in the cold-rolled status and finally∼630 HV after annealing at 600℃for 1 h.Detailed microstructure characterizations reveal that the reduced dislocation density and formation of L1_(2)ordered domain are mainly responsible for such hardening effect,which is facilitated by the effectively suppressed coarsening with annealing temperature,i.e.,slow detwinning process and well-retained low-angle nanolamellar structure.The coarsening mechanisms from the cold-rolled nanolamellae to the fully recrystallized micro-equiaxed structures under the annealing temperatures ranging from 400 to 800℃ were also elucidated by atomic observations.

Activation cross-sections of titanium isotopes at neutron energies of 13.5–14.8 MeV

The cross-sections for 46Ti(n,2n)45Ti,46Ti(n,p)46m+gSc+47Ti(n,d*)46m+gSc,46Ti(n,p)46m+gSc,47Ti(n,p)47Sc+48Ti(n,d*)47Sc,47Ti(n,p)47Sc,48Ti(n,p)48Sc+49Ti(n,d*)48Sc,48Ti(n,p)48Sc,and 50Ti(n,α)47Ca reactions were investigated around neutron energies of 13.5–14.8 MeV by means of the activation technique.Fast neutrons were produced by the 3H(d,n)4He reaction.Neutron energies from different directions in the measurements were obtained in advance using the method of cross-section ratios for 90Zr(n,2n)89m+gZr and 93Nb(n,2n)92mNb reactions.The results obtained are analyzed and compared with the experimental data provided by the literature and verified nuclear data in the JEFF-3.3,CENDL-3.1,ENDF/B-VIII.0 libraries,as well as results calculated by Talys-1.9 code.

Cross section measurements for(n,2n),(n,α),and(n,p)reactions on rhenium isotopes around 14 MeV neutrons and their theoretical calculations of excitation functions

Cross-section data of the^(185)Re(n,2n)^(184)mRe,^(185)Re(n,2n)^(184)gRe,^(185)Re(n,α)182m1+m2+gTa,^(187)Re(n,2n)^(186)g,(m)Re,^(187)Re(n,α)^(184)Ta,and^(187)Re(n,p)^(187)W reactions were measured at four neutron energies,namely 13.5,14.1,14.4,and 14.8 MeV,by means of the activation technique,relative to the reference cross-section values of the 93Nb(n,2n)92mNb reaction.The neutrons were generated from the T(d,n)4He reaction at the K-400 Neutron Generator at China Academy of Engineering Physics.The inducedγactivities were measured using a high-resolutionγ-ray spectrometer equipped with a coaxial high-purity germanium detector.The excitation functions of the six above-mentioned nuclear reactions at neutron energies from the threshold to 20 MeV were calculated by adopting the nuclear theoretical model program system Talys-1.9 with the relevant parameters properly adjusted.The measured cross sections were analyzed and compared with previous experiments conducted by other researchers,and with the evaluated data of BROND-3.1,ENDF/B-VIII.0,JEFF-3.3,and the theoretical values based on Talys-1.9.The new measured results agree with those of previous experiments and the theoretical excitation curve at the corresponding energies.The theoretical excitation curves based on Talys-1.9 generally match most of experimental data well.