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Nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2017

Carl C. Koch
Carl C. Koch*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7907, USA
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: carl_koch@ncsu.edu
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Abstract

This article is a review of research on nanostructured high-entropy alloys with emphasis on those made by the severe plastic deformation methods of mechanical alloying and high-pressure torsion. An example of thin film refractory metal alloys made by magnetron sputtering is also presented. The article will begin with a discussion of the seminal research of B.S. Murty and co-workers who first produced nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys by mechanical alloying of powders. This will be followed by a listing of research, in mostly chronological order, of mainly 3d transition metal alloys made nanocrystalline by mechanical alloying. Research on the well-studied Cantor alloy, from the literature and the author’s laboratory will be presented. The author’s and co-worker’s research on a low-density high-entropy alloy with single-phase fcc or hcp structure and an extremely high strength (hardness)-to-weight ratio will be described.

Keywords

alloymechanical alloyingnanostructure
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Invited Feature Review
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 18 , 28 September 2017 , pp. 3435 - 3444
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017 

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Contributing Editor: Jürgen Eckert

This paper has been selected as an Invited Feature Paper.

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