Dong-Lin Li et al 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 225407 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/42/22/225407
Dong-Lin Li1, Ping Chen1, Jian-Xiong Yi1, Bi-Yu Tang1,2,4, Li-Ming Peng3 and Wen-Jiang Ding3
Show affiliationsAb initio density functional theory (DFT) and density function perturbation theory (DFPT) have been used to investigate the thermal properties of the fcc Al3Mg and Al3Sc alloys over a wide range of pressure and temperature, in comparison with fcc Al. Phonon dispersions were obtained at equilibrium and strained configurations by density functional perturbation theory. Using the quasiharmonic approximation for the free energy, several thermal quantities of interest, such as the thermal Grüneisen parameter, heat capacity, thermal expansion coefficient and entropy, were calculated as a function of temperature and pressure, and the variation features of these quantities were discussed in detail. This investigation provides useful information for design and applications of technologically relevant Al-based alloys.
65.40.G- Other thermodynamical quantities
63.20.D- Phonon states and bands, normal modes, and phonon dispersion
Issue 22 (21 November 2009)
Received 8 July 2009, in final form 30 September 2009
Published 30 October 2009
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