A Study on Outstanding High‐Temperature Wear Resistance of High‐Entropy Alloys

Abstract

Wear property is a main reason for failure, especially for those parts which are mechanically moving and interacting with each other in industrial utilization. High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) are considered promising candidates to possess outstanding tribological factors of performance at high temperatures compared with conventional engineering alloys, which have drawn much attention from academic and industrial points of view. This study is performed to survey the influence of microstructure, grain size, precipitation, reinforcement, and elements addition on the wear resistance of HEAs over a wide temperature range. In this respect, the worn microstructure, wear rate, friction coefficient, hardness, wear track, and subsurface are precisely checked. This review also explores the high‐temperature wear resistance of thermally sprayed and additively manufactured HEAs associated with emphasizing the dominant wear mechanisms through in a wide range of temperatures.