Partially recrystallized microstructures expand the strength-toughness envelope of CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy

Abstract Engineering materials exhibit an undesirable tradeoff between strength and resistance to crack propagation (fracture toughness). Here we demonstrate how this tradeoff can be circumvented by thermo-mechanical processing that produces a partially recrystallized, heterogeneous microstructure....

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Published in:	Communications Materials
Main Authors:	Connor E. Slone, Veronika Mazánová, Punit Kumar, David H. Cook, Milan Heczko, Qin Yu, Bryan Crossman, Easo P. George, Michael J. Mills, Robert O. Ritchie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00704-z