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Synthesis and characterization of hexanary Ti–Zr–V–Cr–Ni–Fe high-entropy Laves phase

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2019

Shashank Shekhar Mishra Open the ORCID record for Shashank Shekhar Mishra [Opens in a new window] ,
Semanti Mukhopadhyay ,
Thakur Prasad Yadav ,
Nilay Krishna Mukhopadhyay  and
Onkar Nath Srivastava
Shashank Shekhar Mishra
Affiliation:
Hydrogen Energy Centre, Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
Semanti Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210 USA
Thakur Prasad Yadav*
Affiliation:
Hydrogen Energy Centre, Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
Nilay Krishna Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi 221005, India
Onkar Nath Srivastava
Affiliation:
Hydrogen Energy Centre, Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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Abstract

Three different high entropy-alloys consisting of six elements (Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Ni, and Fe) with varying Fe content were synthesized by using the RF induction melting technique. All the as-cast, slow-cooled, and rapidly quenched alloys exhibit C14 Laves phase, and it is found to be stable at high temperature. A lattice contraction has been observed with the addition of Fe. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the synthesis of a single-phase high-entropy complex intermetallic compound in the hexanary alloy system. It has been shown that the thermodynamic calculations following Miedema’s approach and the parametric approach utilizing several descriptors comprising configurational entropy, mixing enthalpy, atomic size mismatch, electronegativity, and valence electron concentration favor the stability of the high-entropy multicomponent Laves phase.

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crystallographic structureLaves phaseenergy storage materialshigh-entropy alloy
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 5: Focus Issue: Nanocrystalline High Entropy Materials: Processing Challenges and Properties , 14 March 2019 , pp. 807 - 818
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