Superconducting in Equal Molar NbTaTiZr-Based High-Entropy Alloys

Superconducting (SC) in equal molar NbTaTiZr-based high-entropy alloys (HEAs) that were added with Fe, Ge, Hf, Si, and/or V was observed. According to investigation on crystal structure, composition, and the relationship between critical temperature and e/a ratio, as indicated in Matthias’ empirical rule, the main superconducting phase was that enriched with Nb and Ta. The coherence length (ξ) that was calculated from the carrier density reveals that ξvalue has the same order of magnitude of several hundreds of Angstroms as those binary Nb-Ti and Nb-Zr alloys showed.

Dual phase equal-atomic NbTaTiZr high-entropy alloy with ultra-fine grain and excellent mechanical properties fabricated by spark plasma sintering

Super-high strength NbTaTiZr high-entropy alloys(NbTaTiZr HEAs)have been successfully fabricated by the mechanical alloying(MA)with spark plasma sintering(SPS)technology,which is 2-fold compared with that of NbTaTiZr HEAs prepared by vacuum arc melting(VAM).After the SPS process,the bulk NbTaTiZr alloy samples are provided with dual-phase body-centered cubic(BCC)structure and nanoscale grain size about 500 nm that is obviously smaller than that of NbTaTiZr HEA fabricated by VAM.When the sintering temperature is 800℃,the compressive fracture strength is the highest reaching at 2511±78 MPa.When the sintering temperature is 1000℃,the fracture strain is the highest reaching at 12.8%,and compressive fracture strength and yield strength also reach at 2274±91 MPa and 2172±47 MPa,respectively.The excellent mechanical properties of bulk NbTaTiZr alloy samples are attributed to the merits of MA and SPS,and the collaboration effect of ultra-fine grains strengthening,solid solution strengthening and interstitial solid solution strengthening.