Multicomponent and High Entropy Alloys

Abstract

This paper describes some underlying principles of multicomponent and high entropy alloys, and gives some examples of these materials. Different types of multicomponent alloy and different methods of accessing multicomponent phase space are discussed. The alloys were manufactured by conventional and high speed solidification techniques, and their macroscopic, microscopic and nanoscale structures were studied by optical, X-ray and electron microscope methods. They exhibit a variety of amorphous, quasicrystalline, dendritic and eutectic structures.

Keywords

• alloying strategy
• amorphous alloys
• fcc single phase
• Gibbs phase rule
• high entropy alloys
• icosahedral phase
• multicomponent alloys
• quasicrystals
• solid solubility