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Review: chemical short-range order in high-entropy alloys and its effect on mechanical properties

Jiu-Ming Pei, Teng Liu, Hong-Mei Li, Hong-Liang Zhang, Xue Cui, Qian-Gang Xu, Zhi-Sheng Nong, Eshkuvat Arzikulov, Absanov Akhmad

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