Interplay of Crystal Structure Preference and Magnetic Ordering in High Entropy CrCoFeNiAl Alloys

In this work, some relations between crystal structure and magnetic ordering in CrCoFeNiAl HEAs are discussed in view of the KKR-CPA calculations. Remarkably, it is noticed that the transition between fcc and bcc phases in the analysed CrCoFeNi_{x}Al and CrCoFeNiAl_{x} alloys is closely related to change in ordering of the local magnetic moments, namely the magnetic moment on Cr is either parallel (ferromagnetic) or antiparallel (ferrimagnetic) to the magnetic moments of other atoms (Co, Fe and Ni). On the whole, the theoretical diagram showing the fcc-bcc phase preference and their coexistence vs. alloy composition well corroborates with available experimental data.