A Feasibility Study of High-Entropy Alloy Coating Deposition by Detonation Spraying Combined with Laser Melting

Abstract

In this work, a new two-stage approach to the deposition of high-entropy alloy coatings is proposed. At the first stage, a composite precursor coating is formed by detonation spraying of the metal powder mixtures. At the second stage, the precursor coating is re-melted by a laser, and the formation of multi-component solid solution phases can be expected upon solidification. The feasibility of the proposed approach was validated using three different mixtures of Fe, Ni, Cu, Co and Al powders. It was shown that detonation spraying allows forming composite coatings with a uniform distribution of the lamellae of different metals. The results of the structural analysis of the laser-treated coatings suggest that complete alloying occurred in the melt and face-centered cubic solid solutions formed in the coatings upon cooling.

Powder Metallurgy: Materials and Processing

“…The SI consists of 16 papers (published between 2022 and 2023): a review article [ 1 ], a viewpoint paper [ 2 ], a communication [ 3 ], and thirteen research articles [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. The papers reflect the current trends in the field: the search for new compositions (not investigated previously) of materials and the development of new processing approaches enabling better control and flexibility of the materials’ microstructures, shapes, and architectures.…”

“…The research papers report recent findings in metallic [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], ceramic [ 10 , 11 , 12 ], polymer [ 3 ], and composite materials [ 3 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”

“…The preparation of powders of metallic alloys has been addressed by Petrov et al [ 7 ] and Tikhov et al [ 9 ]. The fabrication of high-entropy alloys via powder metallurgy methods has been presented by Moser et al [ 5 ] and Batraev et al [ 6 ]. The problem of producing parts from 17-4 PH stainless steel by pressing and sintering has been addressed by Kazior [ 4 ].…”