PMID- 32370030 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 9 DP - 2020 May 1 TI - Microstructure and Compression Properties of V(SS)‑V(3)B(2) Eutectic Alloys in the V-Si-B System. LID - 10.3390/ma13092100 [doi] LID - 2100 AB - The present study reports on the microstructural evolution and room temperature plasticity of V(‑Si)‑B alloys with respect to the V solid solution (V(SS))‑V(3)B(2) phase region. To investigate the occurring effects systematically, different binary V‑B and ternary V‑Si‑B alloys were produced by conventional arc melting. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analyses and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements were used to characterize the resulting as-cast microstructures. For the first time, the eutectic composition was systematically traced from the binary V‑B domain to the ternary V‑Si‑B system. The observations discover that the binary eutectic trough (V(SS)‑V(3)B(2)) seems to reach into the ternary system up to an alloy composition of V‑5Si‑9B. Room temperature compression tests were carried out in order to study the impact of single-phase and multi-phase microstructures on the strength and plasticity of binary and ternary alloys. The results indicate that the V(SS) phase controls the plastic deformability in the V(SS)‑V(3)B(2) eutectic microstructure whereas the intermetallic V(3)B(2) acts as a strong hardening phase. FAU - Muller, Christopher AU - Muller C AD - Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Hasemann, Georg AU - Hasemann G AD - Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Regenberg, Maximilian AU - Regenberg M AD - Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Betke, Ulf AU - Betke U AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8896-8283 AD - Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Kruger, Manja AU - Kruger M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1122-7142 AD - Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. LA - eng GR - 410338871/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200501 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC7254208 OTO - NOTNLM OT - V‑B OT - V‑Si‑B OT - compression test OT - experimental data OT - intermetallics OT - mechanical properties OT - microstructure characterization OT - vanadium-based alloys COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2020/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/07 06:01 PMCR- 2020/05/01 CRDT- 2020/05/07 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/07 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma13092100 [pii] AID - materials-13-02100 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma13092100 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2020 May 1;13(9):2100. doi: 10.3390/ma13092100.