Affiliation:
1. Frantzevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, Krzhizhanovsky str., 3, 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine
Abstract
From the first principles simulation (using the method of “a priori pseudopotential” and the “quasi-harmonic approximation” method- author’s developments), the basic characteristics of diborides and diborides of multielement transition metals (DMTMs) with an AlB2 type structure were calculated. For both diborides and DMTMs, the linear coefficients of thermal expansion (LCTE) along the axial axes differ little from each other, i.e., transition metal diborides and hexagonal lattice DMTMs are quasi-isotropic. Quasi-isotropy makes it possible to estimate the LCTE using an analytical formula that depends on the melting temperature. In the absence of experimental data on the melting point of DMTMs, a method for calculating it from first principles is presented. The theoretical hardness values of transition metal diborides and DMTMs with averaged parameters were calculated from the first principles. The hardness of both bulk and nano-sized DMTMs was assessed using a hybrid method. There is agreement between the calculated and available experimental data.
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