J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2022, Vol. 110: 269-282.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2021.09.031

• Research Article • Previous Articles    

High throughput synthesis enabled exploration of CoCrFeNi-based high entropy alloys

L. Zhaoa, L. Jiangb, L.X. Yanga, H. Wanga, W.Y. Zhangc, G.Y. Jib, X. Zhoud, W.A. Curtind, X.B. Chene, P.K. Liawf, S.Y. Chenb(), H.Z. Wanga()   

  1. aBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Metal Materials Characterization, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing 100081, China
    bInstitute for Advance Studies in Precision Materials, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
    cNational Center for Materials Service Safety, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
    dLaboratory for Multiscale Mechanics Modeling, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
    eSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3046, Australia
    fDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, 37996, USA
  • Received:2021-07-05 Revised:2021-09-02 Accepted:2021-09-05 Published:2021-11-28 Online:2021-11-28
  • Contact: S.Y. Chen,H.Z. Wang
  • About author:wanghaizhou@ncschina.com (H.Z. Wang).
    * E-mail addresses: sychen@ytu.edu.cn (S.Y. Chen),

Abstract:

To accelerate the exploration, screening, and discovery of structural high-entropy alloys with targeted properties, the newly developed High-Throughput Hot-Isostatic-Pressing based Micro-Synthesis Approach (HT-HIP-MSA) is employed to efficiently synthesize and characterize 85 combinatorial alloys in a 13-principal element alloying space. These CoCrFeNi-based high entropy alloys span 1 quaternary, 9 quinary, and 36 senary alloy systems, and their composition-structure-property relationships are characterized and analyzed experimentally and computationally. From the single-phase FCC CoCrFeNi alloy base, with Mn, Cu, Ti, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Al, and Si as principal element alloying additions, we find (1) the extended Mn solubility in the single-phase FCC CoCrFeNi-Mnx alloys, (2) the destabilizing behavior for most of the quinary and senary alloys, and (3) the distinctive solid-solution-strengthening effects in the alloys. In combining the computational methods, the HT-HIP-MSA can be systematic and economic to explore and refine the compositions, structures, and properties of structural high-entropy alloys.

Key words: High-entropy alloys, High-throughput, Composition-structure-property