Research Article

Pressure Prediction of Electronic, Anisotropic Elastic, Optical, and Thermal Properties of Quaternary (M2/3Ti1/3)3AlC2 (M = Cr, Mo, and Ti)

Table 3

Calculated theoretical Vickers hardness values of M2TiAlC2.

SpeciesPressureBond ()Ω () (GPa) (GPa)

Cr2TiAlC20 GPaC-Cr
C-Ti
Al-Cr
1.96
2.14
2.68
1.33
0.65
0.37
4
4
4
129.946.69
8.70
17.09
41.44
13.07
2.41
10.93
100 GPaC-Cr
C-Ti
Al-Cr
1.84
1.97
2.34
1.19
0.44
4
4
4
98.385.74
4.56
7.65
47.84
25.91
21

Mo2TiAlC20 GPaC-Mo
C-Ti
Al-Mo
2.11
2.16
2.79
1.20
0.75
0.41
4
4
4
146.188.33
8.94
19.27
25.92
14.41
2.19
9.35
100 GPaC-Mo
C-Ti
Al-Mo
1.99
1.98
2.47
1.05
0.6
4
4
4
112.57.21
5.3
10.2
28.83
27.56
12.19

Ti3AlC20 GPaC-Ti
C-Ti
Al-Ti
2.07
2.20
2.91
1.16
0.87
0.48
4
4
4
153.227.69
9.24
21.38
28.65
15.82
2.16
9.93
100 GPaC-Ti
C-Ti
Al-Ti
1.92
2.0
2.47
0.92
0.73
4
4
4
110.586.49
5.37
10.11
30.15
32.81
15.04