Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 204, Issue 12-13, Pages 1989-1992Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2009.12.006
Keywords
Alloys; Thin films; Plasma sputtering deposition; Thermal stability
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High entropy alloys (HEAs), containing five to thirteen metallic elements, with a concentration in the range of 5 to 35% for each element, exhibit very interesting properties (mechanical, tribological, formability, magnetism). Their high mixing entropy promotes the formation of random solid solutions, amorphous alloys or nanocrystallized structures. Bulk pieces of these alloys are known to be stable at relatively high temperature (until 800 degrees C). We study the stability of AlCoCrCuFeNi thin film at temperatures in the range 110-810 degrees C. HEA thin films are deposited by magnetron sputtering from mosaic targets. In-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) performed during annealing evidences damages of the film above 510 degrees C depending on the initial structure (or chemical composition) of the as-deposited HEA. Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis carried out before and after annealing show that partial evaporation of the thin film, crystalline phase transformation and chemical reaction with the substrate may take place during annealing. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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