Fig. 3

Violin plots of indicators for HEAs and conventional alloys generated by the installable Python package AlloySustainability proposed in the present study, showcasing the distribution of sustainability metrics across material groups and highlighting the calculated impacts for a specified alloy composition. The plots are divided into four groups: Steels, Ni-based superalloys, FCC HEAs, and BCC HEAs (mainly refractory HEAs). Each violin represents the distribution of a specific indicator, with median values marked. The calculated impact values for a new alloy, based on its specified composition, are highlighted as a black dot, with each value prominently displayed in the title of the corresponding plot.