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Specially, refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) that can adapt to a high-temperature environment are badly needed. In this study, TiZrHfNbMo0.1 RHEAs are selected for irradiation and nanoindentation experiments. We combined the mechanistic model for the depth-dependent hardness of ion-irradiated metals and the introduction of the scale factor f to modify the irradiation-hardening model in order to better describe the nanoindentation indentation process in the irradiated layer. Finally, it can be found that, with the increase in irradiation dose, a more serious lattice distortion caused by a higher defect density limits the expansion of the plastic zone.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e26040340","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,17]],"date-time":"2024-04-17T08:22:44Z","timestamp":1713342164000},"page":"340","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Irradiation-Hardening Model of TiZrHfNbMo0.1 Refractory High-Entropy Alloys"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-1606-1138","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yujun","family":"Fan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0544-587X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xuejiao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China"}]},{"given":"Yangyang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Huaxin Gas Group Co., Ltd., Taiyuan 030000, China"}]},{"given":"Aidong","family":"Lan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China"}]},{"given":"Junwei","family":"Qiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"269","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jnucmat.2014.06.017","article-title":"Current status and recent research achievements in ferritic\/martensitic steels","volume":"455","author":"Tavassoli","year":"2014","journal-title":"J. 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