Facile Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanoscale (TiNbTaZrHf)C High-Entropy Carbide Powder.

High-entropy alloys and compounds are becoming an important class of new materials due to their outstanding refractory and high-temperature properties. However, preparation in bulk quantities and in powder form via classical metallurgical methods is challenging. Here, we report the first synthesis of an ultra-high-temperature high-entropy carbide, (TiNbTaZrHf)C, via a facile electrochemical process.

Electrochemical synthesis of porous Ti-Nb alloys for biomedical applications.

Porous titanium‑niobium alloys of composition Ti-24Nb, Ti-35Nb and Ti-42Nb were synthesised by electro-deoxidation of sintered oxide discs of mixed TiO and NbO powders in molten CaCl at 1173 K, and characterised by XRD, SEM, EDX and residual oxygen analysis. At the lower Nb content a dual-phase α/β-alloy was formed consisting of hexagonal close-packed and body-centred cubic Ti-Nb, whereas at the higher Nb contents a single-phase β-alloy was formed of body-centred cubic Ti-Nb. The corrosion behaviour of the alloys prepared was assessed in Hanks' simulated body fluid solution at 310 K over extended periods of time.