Designing a thermodynamically stable and intrinsically ductile refractory alloy

Sufyan M. Shaikh, B. S. Murty, Satyesh K. Yadav

Developing ductile refractory BCC alloys has remained a challenge. The intrinsic ductility (D) of an alloy is the ratio of surface energy (${\gamma }_s$) and unstable stacking fault energy…