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A map of single-phase high-entropy alloys

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  • Wei Chen

    (UCLouvain)

  • Antoine Hilhorst

    (UCLouvain)

  • Georgios Bokas

    (UCLouvain)

  • Stéphane Gorsse

    (Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB)

  • Pascal J. Jacques

    (UCLouvain)

  • Geoffroy Hautier

    (UCLouvain
    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College)

Abstract

High-entropy alloys have exhibited unusual materials properties. The stability of equimolar single-phase solid solution of five or more elements is supposedly rare and identifying the existence of such alloys has been challenging because of the vast chemical space of possible combinations. Herein, based on high-throughput density-functional theory calculations, we construct a chemical map of single-phase equimolar high-entropy alloys by investigating over 658,000 equimolar quinary alloys through a binary regular solid-solution model. We identify 30,201 potential single-phase equimolar alloys (5% of the possible combinations) forming mainly in body-centered cubic structures. We unveil the chemistries that are likely to form high-entropy alloys, and identify the complex interplay among mixing enthalpy, intermetallics formation, and melting point that drives the formation of these solid solutions. We demonstrate the power of our method by predicting the existence of two new high-entropy alloys, i.e. the body-centered cubic AlCoMnNiV and the face-centered cubic CoFeMnNiZn, which are successfully synthesized.

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  • Wei Chen & Antoine Hilhorst & Georgios Bokas & Stéphane Gorsse & Pascal J. Jacques & Geoffroy Hautier, 2023. "A map of single-phase high-entropy alloys," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-38423-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38423-7
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