The intrinsic mechanism of corrosion resistance for FCC high entropy alloys

Xu Liang Shang, Zhi Jun Wang, Feng He, Jin Cheng Wang, Jun Jie Li, Jia Kang Yu

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Abstract

The concept of high entropy alloys (HEAs) or multi-principal component alloys has inspired a great progress of physical metallurgy along with several unusual phenomena. The high corrosion resistance of HEAs was frequently mentioned but without convincing explanations. In this paper, the intrinsic mechanism of corrosion resistance in FCC HEAs was revealed by designing equal atomic alloys with single solid solution phase. The results showed that the Cr element in FCC HEAs played the dominant role in the corrosion resistance rather than the simple structure from high entropy effect or uniform element distribution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-196
Number of pages8
JournalScience China Technological Sciences
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2018

Keywords

  • chromium
  • corrosion resistance
  • high entropy alloys

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