Prediction of phase, hardness and density of high entropy alloys based on their electronic structure and average radius

According to a recent Hume-Rothery approach, the electron concentration, e/a, and the average radius can be used to identify the domain of stability of HEAs and to estimate the phases that may occur in the alloy. The present study investigates the influence of the electronic structure and the average radius on the hardness for a series of HEA alloys. The alloys investigated in this work all contained Co, Fe and Ni as base elements. To this base...