Exploration and development of high entropy alloys for structural applications

Entropy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 494-525

  Miracle, Daniel B ^a   Miller, Jonathan D ^a   Senkov, Oleg N ^a   Woodward, Christopher ^a   Uchic, Michael D ^a   Tiley, Jaimie ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy design; High entropy alloys (HEAs); High throughput; Structural metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893182395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e16010494     Document Type: Article

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