Nanostructured High-Entropy Alloys with Multiple Principal Elements: Novel Alloy Design Concepts and Outcomes
TL;DR: A new approach for the design of alloys is presented in this paper, where high-entropy alloys with multi-principal elements were synthesized using well-developed processing technologies.
Abstract: A new approach for the design of alloys is presented in this study. These high-entropy alloys with multi-principal elements were synthesized using well-developed processing technologies. Preliminary results demonstrate examples of the alloys with simple crystal structures, nanostructures, and promising mechanical properties. This approach may be opening a new era in materials science and engineering.
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of critical aspects of high-entropy alloys, including core effects, phases and crystal structures, mechanical properties, high-temperature properties, structural stabilities, and corrosion behaviors are discussed.
Abstract: High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are alloys with five or more principal elements. Due to the distinct design concept, these alloys often exhibit unusual properties. Thus, there has been significant interest in these materials, leading to an emerging yet exciting new field. This paper briefly reviews some critical aspects of HEAs, including core effects, phases and crystal structures, mechanical properties, high-temperature properties, structural stabilities, and corrosion behaviors. Current challenges and important future directions are also pointed out.
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...Actually, in the very first paper of HEA,[2] the possibility of compound formation was already mentioned....
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...The slow kinetics in HEAs allows readily attainable supersaturated state and nano-sized precipitates, even in the cast state.[2,20,21] It also contributes to the excellent performance of HEA coatings as diffusion barriers....
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...The cold deformation and annealing behaviors of another FCC-based HEA, the Al0....
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...If we think outside the conventional box and design alloys not from one or two ‘base’ elements, but from multiple elements altogether, what will we get? This new concept, first proposed in 1995,[1] has been named a high-entropy alloy (HEA).[2]...
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...%.[2,3] Besides principal elements, HEAs can contain minor elements, each below 5 at....
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TL;DR: In this article, the factors of the atomic size difference Delta and the enthalpy of mixing ΔH mιx of the multi-component alloys were summarized from the literatures.
Abstract: The factors of the atomic size difference Delta and the enthalpy of mixing ΔH mιx of the multi-component alloys were summarized from the literatures. The formation zones of solid-solution phases, intermediate phases, and bulk metallic glasses were determined and the validity was verified by experimental results. For forming the solid solution, the alloys should have high entropy of mixing, lower Delta, and not too negative and positive enthalpy of mixing.
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TL;DR: In this paper, two refractory high entropy alloys with compositions near Nb25Mo25Ta25W25 and V20Nb20Mo20Ta20W20, were produced by vacuum arc-melting.
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TL;DR: This Review discusses model high-entropy alloys with interesting properties, the physical mechanisms responsible for their behaviour and fruitful ways to probe and discover new materials in the vast compositional space that remains to be explored.
Abstract: Alloying has long been used to confer desirable properties to materials. Typically, it involves the addition of relatively small amounts of secondary elements to a primary element. For the past decade and a half, however, a new alloying strategy that involves the combination of multiple principal elements in high concentrations to create new materials called high-entropy alloys has been in vogue. The multi-dimensional compositional space that can be tackled with this approach is practically limitless, and only tiny regions have been investigated so far. Nevertheless, a few high-entropy alloys have already been shown to possess exceptional properties, exceeding those of conventional alloys, and other outstanding high-entropy alloys are likely to be discovered in the future. Here, we review recent progress in understanding the salient features of high-entropy alloys. Model alloys whose behaviour has been carefully investigated are highlighted and their fundamental properties and underlying elementary mechanisms discussed. We also address the vast compositional space that remains to be explored and outline fruitful ways to identify regions within this space where high-entropy alloys with potentially interesting properties may be lurking. High-entropy alloys have greatly expanded the compositional space for alloy design. In this Review, the authors discuss model high-entropy alloys with interesting properties, the physical mechanisms responsible for their behaviour and fruitful ways to probe and discover new materials in the vast compositional space that remains to be explored.
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TL;DR: In this article, two refractory high-entropy alloys with nearequiatomic concentrations, WNB-Mo-Ta and WBMCV, were produced by vacuum arc melting and the lattice parameters were determined with high-energy X-ray diffraction using a scattering vector length range from 0.7 to 20A−1.
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