1st Edition

Handbook of High Entropy Alloys Fundamentals to Applications

Edited By Shashanka Rajendrachari Copyright 2026
460 Pages 104 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

460 Pages 104 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Handbook of High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of these advanced materials from foundational principles to synthesis techniques, advanced characterizations, and preparation methods. It also explores conventional as well as novel and emerging applications. Provides a brief introduction to HEAs, offering essential background for readers new... Read more

Section I: Introduction to High Entropy Alloys

1. A Brief History and the Advances of High Entropy Alloys

Serkan Bati

2. An Introduction to High Entropy Alloys

Anshuman Patra

Section II: Preparation and Characterization of High Entropy Alloys

3. Preparation of High Entropy Alloys by Various Metallurgical Methods

Ismail Bayar

4. Thermodynamic Designing of High Entropy Alloys

Naveen Kumar Mindi, Krishna Dutta, Nityananda Sahoo, Ghananshu Patil and Syed Nasimul Alam

5. Advanced Characterization of High Entropy Alloys

D. Narsimhachary, K. Pramod and Dharavathu Naresh

6. Preparation of High Entropy Alloys by the Ball Milling Method

Joan-Josep Suñol, Asma Wederni and Jason Daza

Section III: Properties of High Entropy Alloys

7. Mechanical and Structural Properties of High Entropy Alloys

D. Mishra, J. Singh and S.S. Nene

8. Thermal Stability of Nanocrystalline High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying (MA)

Koushik Sikdar, Debdas Roy and Rahul Mitra

9. Corrosion and Radiation Resistance Properties of High Entropy Alloys

Trinath Talapaneni, Avala Lava Kumar and Vatsala Chaturvedi

Section IV: Applications of High Entropy Alloys

10. High Entropy Alloys as Alternatives to Ni-Based Superalloys

Ajit Panigrahi, Pradyut Sengupta and Tapas Kumar Bhanj

11. Aerospace Applications of High Entropy Alloys

Sandeep Kumar Yadav, Ayush Sourav, Sudeep Kumar T and Shanmugasundaram T.

12. Novel Electrochemical Sensing Applications of High Entropy Alloys

Lakshmi Krishnaa Suresh, Simi M, Navya Roby, Parvathi J, Santhy A and R. Vinaykumar

13. Applications of High Entropy Alloys as Catalysts and as Coating Materials

Raghavendra Rao R, Sharath B N, Shashanka R and Pradeep S

14. Other Advanced Applications and the Future of High Entropy Alloys

Sharath B N, Raghavendra Rao, Hareesha M, Rajesh M and Shashanka R

Biography

Shashanka Rajendrachari is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru, India. He was previously an Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Bartin University, Turkey. He earned a PhD at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He is the first recipient of the prestigious Powder Metallurgy Student of the Year Award by the Powder Metallurgy Association of India for 2015 at IIT Bombay. He was awarded the prestigious Young Scientist 2020 Award at the Fourth International Scientist Awards ceremony on engineering, science, and medicine in Chennai, India. He is listed in the top 2% of scientists in the world for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, as reported by Stanford University, USA, and published by Elsevier. He was awarded third place for the project competition in the Fifth R&D Project Market held in Turkey in 2022. He is experienced in preparing nano-structured stainless-steel powders, high entropy alloys, and shape memory alloys by the mechanical alloying method. He has more than eight years of research and teaching experience and has published more than 80 research articles, 1 German patent, 18 books and 15 book chapters in various peer-reviewed international publications. He has more than 3000 citations. His areas of research include powder metallurgy, mechanical alloying, nanomaterials, corrosion, electrochemical sensors, etc.