Research Article
The Effect of Indium Concentration on the Structure and Properties of Zirconium Based Intermetallics: First-Principles Calculations
Table 1
The lattice constants (Å) of In-Zr compounds at different
points and cutoff energy.
| Phase | points | Energy cutoff (eV) | (Å) | (Å) | (Å) |
| InZr3 | 6 × 6 × 6 | 350 | 4.480 | | | 6 × 6 × 6 | 380 | 4.479 | | | 6 × 6 × 6 | 400 | 4.479 | | | 8 × 8 × 8 | 400 | 4.479 | | | 8 × 8 × 8 | 420 | 4.479 | | | 8 × 8 × 8 | 450 | 4.479 | | | 12 × 12 × 12 | 450 | 4.480 | | | 12 × 12 × 12 | 500 | 4.475 | | | 12 × 12 × 12 | 550 | 4.474 | | |
| InZr | 6 × 6 × 6 | 350 | 4.473 | | | 6 × 6 × 6 | 380 | 4.472 | | | 6 × 6 × 6 | 400 | 4.471 | | | 7 × 7 × 7 | 400 | 4.469 | | | 7 × 7 × 7 | 420 | 4.470 | | | 7 × 7 × 7 | 450 | 4.470 | | | 8 × 8 × 8 | 400 | 4.471 | | | 8 × 8 × 8 | 420 | 4.471 | | | 8 × 8 × 8 | 450 | 4.471 | | |
| In2Zr | 6 × 6 × 1 | 350 | 4.442 | | 27.890 |
| α-In3Zr | 6 × 6 × 1 | 350 | 4.371 | | 19.514 | 6 × 6 × 1 | 400 | 4.358 | | 19.349 | 6 × 6 × 1 | 450 | 4.364 | | 19.318 | 6 × 6 × 2 | 350 | 4.370 | | 19.514 | 6 × 6 × 2 | 400 | 4.359 | | 19.339 | 6 × 6 × 2 | 450 | 4.364 | | 19.293 |
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