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Features of the structural phase state of a film based on a high-entropy AlNbTiZrСu alloy synthesized by deposition of a multi-element metal plasma

Yu.F. Ivanov1, Yu.A. Abzaev2, A.A. Klopotov2, N.A. Prokopenko1, O.S. Tolkachev1, P.Yu. Nikitin4, V.V. Shugurov1, A.D. Teresov1, M.S. Petyukevich3

1 Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
3 National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
4 National Research Tomsk State University

DOI: 10.26456/pcascnn/2021.13.693

Original article

Abstract: This paper presents the results of structural studies of films with a thickness of up to 5 microns of high-entropy alloys of the AlNbTiZrCu system. The films were synthesized on metal and cermet substrates by deposition of a multielement metal plasma created by electric arc plasma assisted simultaneous independent sputtering of several cathodes. It is shown that the films are a layered material and have an amorphous-crystalline structure. It was found that irradiation of films with a pulsed electron beam (18 keV, 20 J/cm2, 50 μs, 3 imp., 0,3 s-1) is accompanied by crystallization of the material. It is shown that the resulting films are dominated by the compound of the AlNbTiZr composition with the lattice parameter of 0,32344 nm. On the basis of theoretical calculations, the structural data of the crystal AlTi0,86Zr0,95Nb lattice were obtained, mechanical and thermodynamic characteristics of this compound were determined.

Keywords: high-entropy alloy, low-pressure gas discharge plasma, film/substrate system, pulsed electron beam, phase composition, structure

  • Yury F. Ivanov – Dr. Sc., Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Plasma Emission Electronics, Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Yury A. Abzaev – Dr. Sc., Professor, Department of Applied mechanics and materials science, Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
  • Anatoly A. Klopotov – Dr. Sc., Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics and Materials Science, Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
  • Nikita A. Prokopenko – Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Plasma Emission Electronics, Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Oleg S. Tolkachev – Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Plasma Emission Electronics, Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Pavel Yu. Nikitin – Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Nanotechnology Metallurgy, National Research Tomsk State University
  • Vladimir V. Shugurov – Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Plasma Emission Electronics, Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS
  • Anton D. Teresov – Researcher of the Laboratory of Beam-Plasma Surface Engineering, Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Maria S. Petyukevich – Ph. D., Head of the Organizational Department of the Engineering School of New Production Technologies, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

Reference:

Ivanov, Yu.F. Features of the structural phase state of a film based on a high-entropy AlNbTiZrСu alloy synthesized by deposition of a multi-element metal plasma / Yu.F. Ivanov, Yu.A. Abzaev, A.A. Klopotov, N.A. Prokopenko, O.S. Tolkachev, P.Yu. Nikitin, V.V. Shugurov, A.D. Teresov, M.S. Petyukevich // Physical and chemical aspects of the study of clusters, nanostructures and nanomaterials. — 2021. — I. 13. — P. 693-707. DOI: 10.26456/pcascnn/2021.13.693. (In Russian).

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