The CALPHAD approach for HEAs: Challenges and opportunities

Chuan Zhang; Ying Yang

doi:10.1557/s43577-022-00284-8

The CALPHAD approach for HEAs: Challenges and opportunities

Chuan Zhang, Ying Yang

Microstructural Evolution Modeling

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Abstract: Phases are key microstructural features that determine material properties. The most intuitive way of representing phase stability in a material is by its phase diagram. The vastness of the composition space is the most compelling reason for investigating high-entropy alloys (HEAs), but it also creates major challenges in controlling phases and microstructures of HEAs due to lack of experimental phase diagrams in highly concentrated multicomponent space. The CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagram) approach, although it needs improvements, is the only viable way to calculate multicomponent phase diagrams. The two major property databases in CALPHAD, Gibbs energy and mobility, when coupled, can provide not only the equilibrium phase information, but also information about diffusion and kinetics. In this article, we will review the use of the CALPHAD approach in understanding phase stability and diffusion in high-entropy alloys. Finally, we will discuss the notable trend of coupling the high-throughput CALPHAD approach with machine learning in HEA design. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	158-167
Number of pages	10
Journal	MRS Bulletin
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-022-00284-8
State	Published - Feb 2022

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This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ). This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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