High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as a new alloy system, with many attractive properties. Among the fabrication routes, mechanical alloying followed by sintering, have been widely used. However, sintering mechanisms of HEA powders have not yet been fully understood. This work attempts to understand the sintering kinetics of CoCrFeNiMn HEA powders. A comparative study has been done on CoCrFeNiMn alloy powders on as-milled and annealed conditions, which revealed different sintering behaviours. Decreasing densification rates with increasing activation energies were observed through dilatometry after the annealing treatment. Combined diffusion coefficients and activation energies analysed through the sintering models indicate that during sintering of the as-milled powder, mass transport occurred through several modes. On the other hand, the annealed CoCrFeNiMn alloy powder (which was nearly single phase) clearly reveals volume diffusion as the controlling mechanism during sintering. It was characterised with large activation energy.

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This work studies the sintering behavior of ultrafine powder of Cr2AlC compound during nonisothermal heating using a dilatometer. Sample exhibits relatively slower densification under pressureless condition where relative density increased from about 61% (green compact) to about 73% during heating up to 1350°C. Axial shrinkage data were analyzed through the volume diffusion and grain boundary diffusion‐based sintering models. Estimated activation energy of sintering (352 kJ/mol) for volume diffusion mechanism, was found to be closely matching with the reported activation energy of chromium diffusivity, indicating volume diffusion as a controlling mechanism and chromium as a major diffuser in Cr2AlC.