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Ductility behaviour of cubic titanium niobium nitride ternary alloy: a first-principles study

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The ductility and hardness behaviour of NbxTi1−xN (x = 0, .25, .5, .75 and 1) ternary alloy has been studied. Bulk modulus, Young’s modulus, shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio and anisotropy energy have been calculated. Analysis of G/B and Cauchy’s pressure shows that TiN is brittle in nature in good agreement with other theoretical results. Systematic addition of Nb with TiN shows that Nb.75Ti.25N is ductile. The charge density plot shows weak directional contours that enclose Ti and N due to the ductile behaviour of the alloy, namely Nb.75Ti.25N. The estimated hardness of Nb.75Ti.25N is 19.78 GPa, which is 70 % of hardness value of TiN (29.4 GPa) and thus addition of niobium enhances the ductility of TiN. The Debye temperature of the present alloy system is also reported.

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  1. Department of Physics, Sathyabama University, Chennai, 600119, India

    M. L. S. Arockiasamy & M. Sundareswari

  2. Department of Physics, Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai, 600123, India

    M. L. S. Arockiasamy

  3. Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, 600025, India

    M. Rajagopalan

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Arockiasamy, M.L.S., Sundareswari, M. & Rajagopalan, M. Ductility behaviour of cubic titanium niobium nitride ternary alloy: a first-principles study. Indian J Phys 90, 149–154 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-015-0736-2

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