Materials Science and Engineering

Effect of alloying elements on thermoelastic properties of Pt-based alloys

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  • Wei YU1, Xiao-yu CHONG1, Meng-di GAN1, Yan WEI2, Ai-min ZHANG2, Chang-yi HU2, Jing FENG1
1. Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China;
2. Sino-Precious Metals Holding Co., Ltd., Kunming 650106, China

Online published: 2023-06-25

Abstract

Quasi-static approximation based on first-principles calculations was adopted to explore the effect of 33 alloying elements on the thermoelastic properties of Pt-based alloys. The elastic constants and moduli of Pt-based alloy Pt31X were generally lower when rare earth elements (RE=Y, La, Ce, or Th) were dissolved in the Pt matrix, mainly attributed to the higher average bond length between RE and Pt. Pt31X with X=Ta, Nb, V, W, or Mo showed lower average bond lengths and stronger electron localizations than pure Pt, resulting in higher Young’s moduli. Meanwhile, the temperature coefficients of the moduli for Pt31X (X=Ta, Nb, V, W, and Mo) were lower in the Pt-based alloys because the average bond length increased slowly with the increase of temperature, among which Pt31W showed the lowest value of -15.82×10-5 K-1. Therefore, W, Ta, Mo, Nb, or V are considered as the candidate alloying elements for improving the elastic stability.

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WeiYU,Xiao-yuCHONG,Meng-diGAN,YanWEI,Ai-minZHANG,Chang-yiHU,JingFENG . Effect of alloying elements on thermoelastic properties of Pt-based alloys[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2023 , 33(6) : 1851 -1861 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(23)66227-2

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