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Mechanical Properties and Wear Resistance of Multi-Component Alloys and Composites
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Mechanical Properties and Wear Resistance of Multi-Component Alloys and Composites

A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2025) | Viewed by 822

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Dr. Guijiang Diao

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Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H5, Canada
Interests: high-entropy alloys and composites; Al-based alloys and composites; friction and wear; hot corrosion
Prof. Dr. Dongyang Li

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Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
Interests: materials design; tribo-materials; wear; corrosion; surfaces and interfaces; computational materials science
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Prof. Dr. Yunqing Tang

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
Interests: material design; material machining; friction and wear; nanoscale heat transfer; computational materials science
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Multi-component alloys (MCAs) containing multi-principal elements, also known as high-entropy alloys (HEAs) or medium-entropy alloys (MEAs), have attracted considerable attention during the past two decades as a non-traditional class of alloys. One of main advantages of MCAs is their flexibility for chemical composition and microstructure manipulation, which greatly facilitates obtaining optimal combinations of superior mechanical properties and high resistances to corrosion, oxidation, and wear, making them promising candidate materials for applications under complex and extreme service conditions in the forms of bulks, coatings, and composite matrixes.

This Special Issue aims to report recent advances in the development of MCAs as wear-resistant materials, including MCA design, anti-wear performance, and mechanisms for wear of MCAs in various environments. The Special Issue covers, but is not limited to, mechanical properties and wear behaviors of MCAs and MCA matrix composites in ambient conditions, at elevated temperatures, and in corrosive environments, and the relationships among the chemical composition, microstructure, and properties. Both experimental and theoretical studies are welcome in this Special Issue.

Dr. Guijiang Diao
Prof. Dr. Dongyang Li
Prof. Dr. Yunqing Tang
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Keywords

  • high-entropy alloys (HEAs)
  • medium-entropy alloys (MEAs)
  • high-entropy alloy and medium-entropy alloy coatings
  • high-entropy alloy and medium-entropy alloy matrix composites
  • microstructure
  • mechanical properties
  • wear resistance
  • aggressive environments

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Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Fe40Mn19Cr20Ni20Mo1 High-Entropy Alloy Composite-Infiltrated by Aluminum–Nitrogen
by Zelin Huang, Xiangrong Zhang, Huijun Yang, Xi Jin, Min Zhang and Junwei Qiao
Lubricants 2025, 13(12), 509; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants13120509 - 21 Nov 2025
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In the manufacturing sector, energy loss often stems mainly from wear. By improving the surface characteristics of alloys, we can substantially cut down on this kind of loss, which in turn boosts the efficiency of energy use. In this study, Fe40Mn [...] Read more.
In the manufacturing sector, energy loss often stems mainly from wear. By improving the surface characteristics of alloys, we can substantially cut down on this kind of loss, which in turn boosts the efficiency of energy use. In this study, Fe40Mn19Cr20Ni20Mo1 high-entropy alloy (HEA) with a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure was subjected to aluminum–nitrogen co-infiltration treatment via pack aluminizing and plasma nitriding, forming an aluminum–nitrogen co-infiltrated layer with a thickness of approximately 17 μm. An analysis was carried out on the microstructure, growth dynamics, and tribological behavior of the Al-N co-infiltrated layer across a broad temperature spectrum. The results showed that the surface hardness of the samples treated by aluminizing and Al-N co-infiltration reached 592 HV and 993 HV, respectively, which were significantly higher than that of the hot-rolled alloy (178 HV). The Al-N co-infiltrated HEA exhibited a low and stable friction coefficient as well as wear rate over a wide temperature range (20–500 °C), which was attributed to the formation of the Al-N co-infiltrated layer composed of AlN, CrN, and FeN phases. This study demonstrates that Al-N co-infiltration treatment is an effective surface modification technique, which can significantly enhance the hardness and tribological properties of high-entropy alloys over a wide temperature range. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Properties and Wear Resistance of Multi-Component Alloys and Composites)
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