
To develop novel Invar alloys in the practically infinite compositional space of multicomponent alloys, rapid alloy prototyping is used to investigate five multicomponent Invar alloys with 5 at.% addition of Al, Cr, Cu, Mn and Si to a super Invar alloy (Fe 63 Ni 32 Co 5 ; at.%), respectively. All alloys show abnormally low thermal expansion coefficients below the Curie temperature and saturation magnetization deviating from the Slater-Pauling curve, revealing their Invar-behavior. The relationships among valence electron concentration, magnetic properties, and Invar behavior of the various multicomponent alloys are discussed. The Invar alloy with Cu addition is particularly promising, as it shows a 40 K larger temperature range (above room temperature) of low thermal expansion coefficient (<5.87×10 -6 K) and 2.8% higher hardness compared to the conventional super Invar alloy. The work thus also successfully demonstrates the capability of using rapid alloy prototyping for developing multicomponent multi-functional alloys.
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