Wear Behavior and Tribological Evolution of High Entropy Alloys

Abstract

High entropy alloy are equiatomic and nonequiatomic complex concentrated/ multicomponent alloys which are recognized due to their distinctive mechanical and triboligical properties. A unique combination of excellent mechanical and tribological properties of high entropy alloys makes them promising candidate for variety of industrial and structural applications. The wear resistance needs to be examined for these complex concentrated alloys as only few numbers of reports and investigation are available in the field of new advanced HEAs materials. In the current research work, we identified the crucial achievements and breakthrough in the wear and tribological investigations of high entropy alloy and HEA based composites in recent years. This review article investigates the tribological behaviors of multicomponent alloys /high entropy alloys and HEA based composites which play an important role and draw a considerable attention in the present era. In view of recent developments on tribological and wear related mechanisms of HEAs for different type of industrial and structural applications, microstructure, chemical compositions, and mechanical properties are explained and reviewed in this review article.