Experimental data related to the publication: "Microstructure and high temperature mechanical properties of refractory Cr-Nb-Ti-Zr alloy prepared by laser directed energy deposition"

Data related to the research article "Microstructure and high temperature mechanical properties of refractory Cr-Nb-Ti-Zr alloy prepared by laser directed energy deposition" (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.112951). The article’s figures were produced solely from these datasets using the data processing methods described therein. High-resolution photographic and SEM images (Figs. 1, 3a, 4, 7, and 10) are available directly within the published article (both PDF and online versions). The .csv files containing platform temperature evolution data ("Platform_temperature.csv", related to Fig. 2), microhardness data ("Microhardness.csv", related to Fig. 5), EDS line scans ("Chem_composition*.csv", related to Figs. 6 and 8b), XRD patterns ("XRD_patterns.csv", related to Fig. 11), and deformation data ("Compression_curves.csv", related to Fig. 12) adhere to a consistent structure: The first row describes the material and/or experimental conditions, the second row specifies the titles of the x- and y-axes, and the data themselves begin in the third row. The raw EDS data are available in two formats: the open .h5 format ("EDS*.h5", related to Figs. 9 and 10) and the EDAX TEAM/Genesis .spd format ("EDS*.spd", related to Figs. 3b and 8a). Specifications for the latter are publicly available, e.g., at https://is.gd/GHcQQl. Experimental conditions are described in detail within the article.