High-Entropy Alloys

High-Entropy Alloys, Second Edition provides a complete review of the current state of the field of high entropy alloys (HEA). Building upon the first edition, this fully updated release includes new theoretical understandings of these materials, highlighting recent developments on modeling and new classes of HEAs, such as Eutectic HEAs and Dual phase HEAs. Due to their unique properties, high entropy alloys have attracted considerable attention from both academics and technologists. This book presents the fundamental knowledge, the spectrum of various alloy systems and their characteristics, key focus areas, and the future scope of the field in terms of research and technological applications.

Provides an up-to-date, comprehensive understanding on the current status of HEAs in terms of theoretical understanding and modeling effortsGives a complete idea on alloy design criteria of various classes of HEAs developed so farDiscusses the microstructure property correlations in HEAs in terms of structural and functional propertiesPresents a comparison of HEAs with other multicomponent systems, like intermetallics and bulk metallic glasses

1. A brief history of alloys and the birth of high-entropy alloys 2. High-entropy alloys: basic concepts 3. Physical metallurgy of high-entropy alloys (New Chapter) 4. Alloy design and phase selection rules in high-entropy alloys 5. Alloy Design in the 21st century: ICME and materials genome and artificial intelligence strategies 6. Synthesis and processing 7. Solid Solution phases and their microstructures in HEAs 8. Special subgroups of high-entropy alloys 9. High-entropy ceramics (New chapter) 10. High-entropy alloy coatings (New chapter) 11. Structural properties 12. Functional properties 13. Applications and future directions