Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 1858-1874.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-024-01774-1

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Machine Learning-Based Comprehensive Prediction Model for L12 Phase-Strengthened Fe-Co-Ni-Based High-Entropy Alloys

Xin Li1, Chenglei Wang1(), Laichang Zhang2(), Shengfeng Zhou3(), Jian Huang4(), Mengyao Gao1, Chong Liu1, Mei Huang1, Yatao Zhu1, Hu Chen1, Jingya Zhang1, Zhujiang Tan1   

  1. 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Engineering Research Center of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
    2Centre for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Perth, WA, 6027, Australia
    3Institute of Advanced Wear and Corrosion Resistance and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
    4The 34t, Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Guilin, 541004, China

Abstract:

L12 phase-strengthened Fe-Co-Ni-based high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted considerable attention due to their excellent mechanical properties. Improving the properties of HEAs through conventional experimental methods is costly. Therefore, a new method is needed to predict the properties of alloys quickly and accurately. In this study, a comprehensive prediction model for L12 phase-strengthened Fe-Co-Ni-based HEAs was developed. The existence of the L12 phase in the HEAs was first predicted. A link was then established between the microstructure (L12 phase volume fraction) and properties (hardness) of HEAs, and comprehensive prediction was performed. Finally, two mutually exclusive properties (strength and plasticity) of HEAs were coupled and co-optimized. The Shapley additive explained algorithm was also used to interpret the contribution of each model feature to the comprehensive properties of HEAs. The vast compositional and process search space of HEAs was progressively screened in three stages by applying different prediction models. Finally, four HEAs were screened from hundreds of thousands of possible candidate groups, and the prediction results were verified by experiments. In this work, L12 phase-strengthened Fe-Co-Ni-based HEAs with high strength and plasticity were successfully designed. The new method presented herein has a great cost advantage over traditional experimental methods. It is also expected to be applied in the design of HEAs with various excellent properties or to explore the potential factors affecting the microstructure/properties of alloys.

Key words: High-entropy alloy, Machine learning, L12 phase, Comprehensive prediction, Shapley additive explanation (SHAP)