Experimental data related to the publication: "High-throughput microstructure characterization of compositionally graded Cr-Nb-Ti-Zr complex concentrated alloys (CCA) prepared by laser directed energy deposition"

Data associated with the research article “High-throughput microstructure characterization of compositionally graded Cr–Nb–Ti–Zr complex concentrated alloys (CCA) prepared by laser directed energy deposition” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.10.077). All figures in the article were generated exclusively from these datasets using the data-processing methods described therein. High-resolution schematic, photographic, and SEM images (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9) are available directly within the published article (both in PDF and online versions). The '.csv' files containing data corresponding to Figs. 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, and 13 are labelled so that their filenames include the figure designation followed by the represented physical quantity. For Figs. 7a, 7c, 7e, and 13, the first row indicates the material and/or experimental conditions, the second row lists the x- and y-axis titles, and the numerical data begin in the third row. For Figs. 5, 7b, 7d, 7f, 10, 11, and 12, the first two rows describe the material and/or experimental conditions, the third row specifies the x- and y-axis titles, and the data begin in the fourth row. The raw EDS data related to the different composition gradients are provided in open '.h5' format and are contained in the 'EDS.zip' archive. The gradients are defined as follows (see also the VoR manuscript, page 3917); the corresponding raw files are indicated in square brackets: - Grad 1: CrNb (bottom) → TiZr (top), [from Area 5 (z = 0 mm) to Area 35 (z = 7.5 mm)] - Grad 2: TiZr (bottom) → CrNb (top), [from Area 10 (z = 0 mm) to Area 36 (z = 6.5 mm)] - Grad 3: CrZr (bottom) → TiNb (top), [not analysed by EDS as it is similar to Grad 4] - Grad 4: TiNb (bottom) → CrZr (top), [from Area 4 (z = 0 mm) to Area 19 (z = 3.75 mm)] Experimental conditions are described in detail in the cited article.