Journal
INTERMETALLICS
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 88-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2011.09.015
Keywords
ab-initio calculations; elastic properties; brittleness and ductility; phase stability; prediction; mechanical properties; theory
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- CSIR
- South African Research Chair Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation
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Density functional theory based ab-initio total energy calculations are used to determine the concentration dependences of equilibrium lattice parameters, densities, mixing energies (phase stability) and elastic constants of binary random Mg1-xLix alloys spanning the entire concentration range, in the HCP, FCC and BCC structures. A model for predicting phase stability and elastic properties of random alloys is proposed. The current model is applied to binary Mg-Li system as a test study. The predicted phase stability trends at 0 K resemble those observed experimentally in Mg-Li phase diagram, more especially at lower temperatures. The proposed model for random alloys is not only accurate but also less computationally expensive compared to traditional supercell approach. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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