Hardmetals and method for producing the same

Hardmetals at least made up of hard phases in particle form and metal binder arranged therebetween, wherein a high-entropy hard phase (HEH), the content of which in the hardmetal according to the invention is at least 50 vol %, is composed of at least four metals (Me) of the 4th and/or 5th and/or 6th subgroup of the periodic table of elements (PTE) in the form of a solid solution of carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, oxycarbides, and/or oxycarbonitrides of the metals, and wherein the respective amount x, y, and z in total of the carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O) in the carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, oxycarbides, and/or oxycarbonitrides of the metals of the 4th and/or 5th and/or 6th subgroup of the PTE is in accordance with MeCxNyOz satisfies 0.7≤x+y+z≤1, and wherein the respective amounts of the metals of the 4th and/or 5th and/or 6th subgroup of the PTE in the at least four metals in the HEH are essentially equal or the amount of one or more of said metals differs therefrom by maximally 20 at. %, and wherein the carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, oxycarbides, and/or oxycarbonitrides of the metals of the 4th and/or 5th and/or 6th subgroup of the PTE are present in each hard phase particle as a solid solution, and furthermore maximally 50 vol % of the hard phases have a different hard phase composition, and wherein all metal binders are present in the amounts of 0.1 to 40 vol %.