Research progress in high-entropy alloys used in brazing and surface engineering fields
Hong LI1,*(), Yi HAN1, Jian CAO2, Bober MARIUSZ3, Senkara JACEK3
1 Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China 2 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China 3 Faculty of Production Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 02-524, Poland
With the improvement of alloy manufacturing level and the complexity of performance requirements, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have gradually attracted great attention.At present, the research in the field of material processing mainly focuses on brazing and surface engineering.In the field of brazing, HEAs can be used as filler material for brazing at high temperature and low temperature, the empirical parameters related to high entropy were summarized. The application of the simulation and calculation methods such as first-principle method and calculation of phase diagram were described in the field of HEAs design for filler metals development. The latest research progress of HEAs fillers for brazing of nickel-based superalloys and dissimilar ceramics-metals, as well as low temperature packaging was introduced. The influence of welding process parameters on microstructure and properties of HEAs brazing joints was also analysed.In the field of surface engineering, the application direction and preparation methods of HEAs in film/coating were discussed. The research progress in high-temperature protective coating, hard protective layer and other application directions was summarized. At the same time, the problems existing in the research and application of HEAs in the fields of brazing and surface engineering were summarized. The future trends were put forward in order to decrease the melting temperature of HEAs filler, improve high temperature mechanical properties of welds, and develop the eutectic HEAs filler/coating.
李红, 韩祎, 曹健, MARIUSZBober, JACEKSenkara. 高熵合金在钎焊和表面工程领域的应用研究进展[J]. 材料工程, 2021, 49(8): 1-10.
Hong LI, Yi HAN, Jian CAO, Bober MARIUSZ, Senkara JACEK. Research progress in high-entropy alloys used in brazing and surface engineering fields. Journal of Materials Engineering, 2021, 49(8): 1-10.
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), 韩祎1, 曹健2, MARIUSZBober3, JACEKSenkara3
