Table 2 Calculated free energies of the considered intermetallic compounds, tabulated at discrete temperatures.

From: On the stochastic phase stability of Ti2AlC-Cr2AlC

Composition

Energy (eV/f.u.)

T = 0 K

T = 250 K

T = 500 K

T = 750 K

T = 1000 K

T = 1250 K

T = 1500 K

Unary

 M

 Cr

−3.742

−3.771

−3.861

−3.987

−4.138

−4.311

−4.502

 Ti

−7.897

−7.929

−8.024

−8.154

−8.308

−8.482

−8.672

 A

 Al

−3.742

−3.771

−3.861

−3.987

−4.138

−4.311

−4.502

 X

 C

−9.221

−9.225

−9.245

−9.284

−9.339

−9.409

−9.490

 Binary

 M-M

 TiCr2

−27.513

−27.580

−27.810

−28.141

−28.542

−28.997

−29.498

 M-A

 AlCr2

−23.401

−23.463

−23.685

−24.009

−24.404

−24.853

−25.349

 AlCr3

−32.755

−32.844

−33.151

−33.591

−34.123

−34.726

−35.389

 Al8Cr5

−78.898

−79.249

−80.327

−81.844

−83.664

−85.718

−87.964

 TiAl

−12.446

−12.493

−12.653

−12.883

−13.160

−13.475

−13.820

 Ti3Al

−28.538

−28.639

−28.969

−29.437

−30.001

−30.640

−31.344

 TiAl2

−16.672

−16.735

−16.959

−17.283

−17.678

−18.128

−18.623

 TiAl3

−20.712

−20.797

−21.097

−21.533

−22.063

−22.666

−23.329

 M-X

 Cr3C2

−47.911

−47.977

−48.249

−48.678

−49.221

−49.853

−50.561

 Cr23C6

−279.385

−279.908

−281.839

−284.725

−288.292

−292.394

−296.947

 TiC

−18.738

−18.757

−18.848

−18.997

−19.190

−19.416

−19.671

 A-X

 Al4C3

−43.320

−43.397

−43.724

−44.252

−44.927

−45.718

−46.604

 Ternary

 M-M-A

  TiAlCr2

−30.911

−31.024

−31.376

−31.868

−32.456

−33.119

−33.843

 Ti2AlCr

−29.906

−30.016

−30.359

−30.840

−31.417

−32.069

−32.783

 TiAl2Cr

−25.609

−25.752

−26.124

−26.632

−27.235

−27.912

−28.652

 M-M-X

 Ti2AlC

−31.563

−31.630

−31.880

−32.255

−32.717

−33.247

−33.832

 Cr2AlC

−32.959

−33.018

−33.249

−33.602

−34.043

−34.552

−35.116

 Ti3AlC

−39.612

−39.723

−40.086

−40.610

−41.249

−41.977

−42.779

 Ti3AlC2

−50.463

−50.548

−50.885

−51.406

−52.057

−52.811

−53.649

 Ti4AlC3

−69.204

−69.306

−69.732

−70.400

−71.243

−72.223

−73.316

 Quaternary

 (Ti1/2,Cr1/2)2AlC

−32.325

−32.388

−32.628

−32.993

−33.450

−33.978

−34.565

 (Cr2/3,Ti1/3)3AlC2

−51.716

−51.800

−52.136

−52.659

−53.317

−54.081

−54.933

Solid solution

 (Ti12.5,Cr87.5)2AlC

−32.673

−32.734

−32.972

−33.336

−33.792

−34.319

−34.906

  1. Here, the used potentials are PAW-PBE with the p semi-core states treated as valence states.