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Materials Design of High-Entropy Materials

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Different from the traditional alloys, a variety of elements and the extended concept of the high-entropy alloys make the compositional selection of high-entropy alloys more flexible. Furthermore, there are three different kinds of phases probably forming in the high-entropy alloys—intermetallics, amorphous, and solid solutions. How to quickly select the alloy composition to get the desired microstructures and excellent comprehensive performance becomes an urgent problem to be solved. In this chapter, many kinds of methods based on the thermodynamics and dynamics theories are introduced, including some empirical criteria, with which the phase formation can be predicted simply through the nature of the elements. Elements can also be selected through their performance. Moreover, with the development of “Material Genome Project”, the right composition with exactly the best properties can be quickly found at one time, including the methods of calculated phase diagram, cuckoo search algorithm, and the compositional graded materials.

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Zhang, Y. (2019). Materials Design of High-Entropy Materials. In: High-Entropy Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8526-1_2

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