High-Entropy Materials A Brief Introduction /

• Main Author: Zhang, Yong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Solid state physics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engineering-Materials.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Solid State Physics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Materials Engineering.; Complex Systems.

This book draws on the latest research to discuss the history and development of high-entropy alloys and ceramics in bulk, film, and fiber form. High-entropy materials have recently been developed using the entropy of mixing and entropy of configuration of materials, and have proven to exhibit uniqu...