Developing New Type of High Temperature Alloys–High Entropy Superalloys

TK Tsao, YJ Chang, K.C. Chang, JW Yeh, M.S. Chiou, SR Jian, CM Kuo, W.N. Wang, Hideyuki Murakami

International Journal of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering · 2015 · 96 citations · 19 references

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Novel high temperature alloys – high entropy superalloys (HESA) have been developed by elevating the mixing entropies of Ni-Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Ti systems, these alloys contain stable FCC γ matrix and L12 γ' precipitates; compositions spaces are outside the scopes of traditional Ni-base superalloys and equimolar high entropy alloys. The thermal stability of high entropy γ' precipitates can be enhanced through alloy design by thermodynamic calculation based on Thermo-Calc. HESAs have potentials to high temperature structural application; alloy densities are below 8.0 g/cm3 with lower cost of raw materials than those of conventional Ni-base superalloys.

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