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Research progress in preparation and application of high-entropy-alloy powders

  • Feng QUAN Houzheng XIANG Lei YANG Qihui WU Aiqin MAO Haiyun YU
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  • 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, Anhui 243002, China 2. Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Emission Reduction & Resource Recycling, Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, Anhui 243002, China

Received date: 2018-07-27

  Revised date: 2018-10-30

  Online published: 2019-06-20

Abstract

As a kind of new alloys, high entropy alloys have become one of the hotspot materials due to their outstanding remarkable physicochemical performances such as high ductility and strength, excellent wear resistance, outstanding corrosion resistance, and superior high temperature stability in recent years. Among these, high-entropy-alloy (HEA) powders have a much wider application, which not only can be used as raw material in the preparing of HEAs bulk, coatings and thin film materials, but also used as functional materials. However, there are few studies on HEA powders, especially on HEA nanoparticles. In this work, according to the current research progress of HEAs, the criterions for solid solution phase formation in HEAs were classified, which mainly include mixed entropy criterion, mixed enthalpy criterion, Ω criterion and Hume?Rothery solid solution theory criterion. Through the summary of each criterion, the solid-solution phase formation rules were also summarized. It provided a theoretical basis for more accurate prediction of the formation law of high entropy alloy solid solution phase and the design of new HEAs. Moreover, the preparation methods for HEA powders were reviewed. The HEA ultrafine powders were produced by mechanical alloying method and gas/water atomization method, and also the preparation methods of the HEA nanoparticles include chemical reduction method, carbothermal shock method, plasma arc discharge method and scanning probe lithography. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of each method were also discussed, and these offered a wide range of flexible approaches for different type of applications of HEA powders. At the same time, current problems in the field of HEA powders research were pointed out, and the future developments were also prospected. This review had certain guiding significance for the expansion of the application of HEA powder subjects in the future direction.

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Feng QUAN Houzheng XIANG Lei YANG Qihui WU Aiqin MAO Haiyun YU . Research progress in preparation and application of high-entropy-alloy powders[J]. The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, 2019 , 19(3) : 447 -455 . DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.218259

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