Ya Song Li

By Yasong Li and Yong Zhang

The lightweight and flexible materials can improve people’s quality of daily life; in addition, the materials can be widely used in aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, etc. Recently, high-entropy alloys had become hot issues in materials science with many excellent properties; therefore, we can combine the design ideas of high-entropy alloys with lightweight materials and flexible materials, taking into account the advantages of two types of materials, and promoting the development and progress of new materials. In the chapter, we will elaborate on the relationship between the microstructure and properties of lightweight high-entropy alloys and the design ideas of high-entropy alloys with flexible materials that were investigated in recent years. Furthermore, as the microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloys exhibit the nonlinear behaviors with entropy on high-entropy alloys, we would like to define the lightweight high-entropy alloy as the density is lower than 6 g/cm3, the mix-entropy of these alloys is higher than 1R (here, R is gas constant), and the number of components is four or more. Finally, it is expected to broaden the research field of high-entropy alloys and provide some new directions for the development of new materials.

Part of the book: Engineering Steels and High Entropy-Alloys