Microstructure, Wear Resistance and Corrosion Resistance of High-Entropy Alloy Coatings

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2024 | Viewed by 3795

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Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, China
Interests: metal process; modeling and simulation; high-entropy alloy; surface coating technology; friction and wear

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School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Interests: additive manufacturing; high-entropy alloys; coatings; laser-cladding; thermal spraying

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School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China
Interests: surface coating; ceramic material; friction and wear; non-destructive testing

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Dear Colleagues,

Preparing various types of coatings to strengthen the surface of materials is an effective technique to increase the materials' service performance. The qualities of the coatings can be improved considerably based on the service environment by altering their composition and microstructure without impacting the substrate's performance, thereby extending the equipment's service life. Due to the superiority of the excellent comprehensive properties compared to their bulk siblings and traditional metallic coatings, high-entropy alloy coatings have exhibited great application potential in extreme service environments such as in aerospace and nuclear reactors. The coupling of low-dimensional-morphology-induced size effect and unique high-entropy alloy multi-principal effect endows the high-entropy alloy coatings with homogeneous composition, a dense and stable microstructure, and exceptional performances.

The topics of interest for this Special Issue, in particular, include (but are not restricted to): high-entropy alloy coating microstructure characterization; surface coating technology of high-entropy alloys; friction and wear properties of high-entropy alloy coatings; corrosion resistance of high-entropy alloy coatings; computational modeling and simulation of high-entropy alloy coatings; relationship between microstructure property and wear performance; any other aspects of high-entropy alloy coatings.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Zhaofeng Wang
Dr. Fubin Liu
Dr. Xingguo Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • high-entropy alloy
  • surface coating technology
  • microstructure
  • friction and wear properties
  • corrosion resistance
  • computational modeling and simulation

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The Microstructures and Wear Resistance of CoCrFeNi2Mox High-Entropy Alloy Coatings
by Hui Liang, Jinxin Hou, Jianhong Liu, Hongtai Xu, Yaning Li, Li Jiang and Zhiqiang Cao
Coatings 2024, 14(6), 760; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14060760 (registering DOI) - 15 Jun 2024
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The CoCrFeNi2Mox (x = 0, 0.4, 0.5, 1.0, x values in atomic ratio) high-entropy alloy coatings were designed and prepared on the Ti-6Al-4V substrate by laser cladding technology, their microstructures, and dry sliding wear resistance were studied in detail. When [...] Read more.
The CoCrFeNi2Mox (x = 0, 0.4, 0.5, 1.0, x values in atomic ratio) high-entropy alloy coatings were designed and prepared on the Ti-6Al-4V substrate by laser cladding technology, their microstructures, and dry sliding wear resistance were studied in detail. When x < 0.4, the coatings were mainly composed of BCC solid solution phase, (Ni, Co)Ti2 phase, and α-Ti phase. When x ≥ 0.4, the new σ phase appeared in the coatings. As the Mo content increases from 0 to 1.0, the hardness showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, especially when x = 0.5, the coating hardness reached its maximum (882 HV), which was 2.65 times the hardness of the Ti-6Al-4V substrate. The CoCrFeNi2Mox high-entropy alloy coatings significantly improved the wear resistance of Ti-6Al-4V substrate, and with the increase in Mo content, the friction coefficient, widths/depths of worn tracks and wear rates of the coatings showed a trend of first decreasing and then increasing. In particular, when x = 0.5, the CoCrFeNi2Mo0.5 high-entropy alloy coating has the lowest friction coefficient (0.63), widths/depths of worn tracks (width: 803.690 μm; depth: 20.630 μm) and wear rate (5.136 × 10−5 mm3/(N·m)), which is one order of magnitude smaller than that of the substrate (3.694 × 104 mm3/(N·m)), demonstrating the best wear resistance. This is mainly because the appropriate proportion of hard α-Ti and σ phases effectively played a supporting role in resisting wear, while the relatively soft and dispersed BCC and (Ni, Co)Ti2 phases could effectively prevent the occurrence of brittle fracture during wear test process. Full article
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The Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High Entropy Alloy CoCrFeNiMn Matrix with Cr3C2 Reinforcement and Ag, BaF2/CaF2 Solid Lubrication
by Zhiming Guo, Jingdan Li and Xiaoyan Ren
Coatings 2023, 13(11), 1856; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13111856 - 28 Oct 2023
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A series of CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy matrix self-lubricating composites were prepared by spark plasma sintering. The composites are composed of an FCC phase, Cr7C3, Ag, and eutectic fluoride BaF2/CaF2 phases. The microstructure of the composites is [...] Read more.
A series of CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy matrix self-lubricating composites were prepared by spark plasma sintering. The composites are composed of an FCC phase, Cr7C3, Ag, and eutectic fluoride BaF2/CaF2 phases. The microstructure of the composites is uniform. The additional phases distribute along the boundary of equiaxed grains of the FCC phase. The compressive yield strength and fracture toughness decrease with the increase of eutectic fluoride BaF2/CaF2. The composites are susceptible to brittle cleavage fracture. Full article
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Research and Application Progress of High-Entropy Alloys
by Zhaofeng Wang and Shuai Zhang
Coatings 2023, 13(11), 1916; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13111916 - 9 Nov 2023
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With the continuous improvement of global technological levels and the increasing demand for high-performance alloy materials in national economic construction, the traditional single principal component alloy is increasingly unable to meet people’s increasing service needs. High-entropy alloys play an important role in aerospace, [...] Read more.
With the continuous improvement of global technological levels and the increasing demand for high-performance alloy materials in national economic construction, the traditional single principal component alloy is increasingly unable to meet people’s increasing service needs. High-entropy alloys play an important role in aerospace, mechanical manufacturing, biomedicine, energy development and other engineering fields because of their unique physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Based on the concept of high-entropy alloys, the high-entropy effect, lattice distortion effect, sluggish diffusion effect and cocktail effect of high-entropy alloys are represented in this paper. The common preparation methods of high-entropy alloys are summarized according to the classification of melting-casting method, mechanical alloying method and coating method. The strength and toughness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, fatigue resistance, radiation resistance and magnetic properties of the high-entropy alloys are discussed. The application prospect of high-entropy alloys is summarized, and the future research and development direction of high-entropy alloys are prospected on this basis. Full article
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