Table 2 Calculated DFT elastic constants, bulk (B), shear (G) and Young’s moduli (E) in GPa, as well as Poisson’s ratio (ν).

From: Predicting elastic properties of hard-coating alloys using ab-initio and machine learning methods

Alloy

SB

c11

c12

c13

c33

c44

B

G

E

ν

AlN

B1

432

167

307

256

219

511

0.167

HfN

B1

598

112

129

274

166

414

0.248

Hf0.75Al0.25N

B1

524

124

147

258

166

410

0.235

Hf0.50Al0.50N

B1

460

142

174

248

168

411

0.224

Hf0.25Al0.75N

B1

429

158

221

248

182

439

0.205

Hf0.75Ti0.25N

B1

581

113

134

269

168

417

0.242

Hf0.50Ti0.50N

B1

567

119

142

268

171

423

0.237

Hf0.25Ti0.75N

B1

577

122

153

274

180

443

0.231

Hf0.75Zr0.25N

B1

584

109

128

267

165

410

0.244

Hf0.50Zr0.50N

B1

569

108

128

262

162

403

0.244

Hf0.25Zr0.75N

B1

554

107

127

256

159

395

0.243

TiN

B1

584

136

166

285

187

460

0.231

Ti0.75Al0.25N

B1

535

139

181

271

187

456

0.22

Ti0.50Al0.50N

B1

492

155

214

268

194

469

0.208

Ti0.25Al0.75N

B1

443

161

250

255

199

474

0.19

ZrN

B1

544

110

125

255

156

389

0.246

Zr0.75Al0.25N

B1

477

124

139

242

153

379

0.239

Zr0.50Al0.50N

B1

427

141

166

236

156

384

0.229

Zr0.25Al0.75N

B1

411

157

215

242

174

421

0.21

Zr0.75Ti0.25N

B1

538

111

130

253

159

394

0.24

Zr0.50Ti0.50N

B1

540

116

138

257

164

406

0.237

Zr0.25Ti0.75N

B1

568

122

150

271

176

434

0.233

AlN

B3

285

152

178

196

120

299

0.246

HfN

B3

292

152

93

199

83

219

0.317

Hf0.75Al0.25N

B3

274

144

100

188

84

219

0.306

Hf0.50Al0.50N

B3

261

144

106

183

84

219

0.301

Hf0.25Al0.75N

B3

263

144

127

183

94

241

0.281

Hf0.75Ti0.25N

B3

287

150

93

196

82

216

0.316

Hf0.50Ti0.50N

B3

286

150

92

195

82

216

0.316

Hf0.25Ti0.75N

B3

289

152

92

198

82

216

0.318

Hf0.75Zr0.25N

B3

281

148

91

193

80

211

0.318

Hf0.50Zr0.50N

B3

272

147

90

189

78

206

0.319

Hf0.25Zr0.75N

B3

263

144

88

184

75

198

0.321

TiN

B3

293

155

91

201

81

214

0.322

Ti0.75Al0.25N

B3

282

154

103

197

85

223

0.311

Ti0.50Al0.50N

B3

274

154

116

194

89

232

0.301

Ti0.25Al0.75N

B3

271

153

138

192

98

251

0.282

ZrN

B3

258

144

87

182

73

193

0.323

Zr0.75Al0.25N

B3

247

140

92

176

74

195

0.316

Zr0.50Al0.50N

B3

240

142

98

175

74

195

0.315

Zr0.25Al0.75N

B3

253

146

123

182

88

227

0.292

Zr0.75Ti0.25N

B3

262

144

87

184

74

196

0.323

Zr0.50Ti0.50N

B3

269

148

88

188

76

201

0.322

Zr0.25Ti0.75N

B3

282

154

89

197

78

207

0.325

AlN

B4

376

129

98

352

112

194

121

301

0.242

HfN

B4

253

161

162

220

47

188

44

122

0.391

Hf0.75Al0.25N

B4 → Bk

296

204

113

359

107

201

79

210

0.326

Hf0.50Al0.50N

B4 → Bk

298

176

145

110

109

135

51

136

0.332

Hf0.25Al0.75N

B4

305

140

124

216

87

175

79

206

0.304

Hf0.75Ti0.25N

B4 → Bk

298

210

106

493

113

214

85

225

0.325

Hf0.50Ti0.50N

B4 → Bk

304

210

103

491

120

214

90

237

0.316

Hf0.25Ti0.75N

B4 → Bk

311

212

106

500

128

218

94

247

0.311

Hf0.75Zr0.25N

B4 → Bk

292

211

105

495

106

212

81

216

0.331

Hf0.50Zr0.50N

B4 → Bk

288

206

102

483

107

208

81

215

0.328

Hf0.25Zr0.75N

B4 → Bk

286

201

101

470

107

205

82

217

0.324

TiN

B4 → Bk

322

219

111

524

138

227

100

262

0.308

Ti0.75Al0.25N

B4 → Bk

311

212

120

438

138

218

93

244

0.313

Ti0.50Al0.50N

B4 → Bk

314

196

128

363

148

211

98

255

0.299

Ti0.25Al0.75N

B4

315

136

136

214

88

181

80

209

0.307

ZrN

B4 → Bk

284

195

101

458

106

202

82

217

0.321

Zr0.75Al0.25N

B4 → Bk

277

195

108

320

101

188

72

192

0.33

Zr0.50Al0.50N

B4 → Bk

287

177

125

202

110

176

74

195

0.316

Zr0.25Al0.75N

B4

302

147

122

190

89

169

76

198

0.304

Zr0.75Ti0.25N

B4 → Bk

288

200

101

453

110

203

83

219

0.32

Zr0.50Ti0.50N

B4 → Bk

297

205

102

461

116

207

87

229

0.316

Zr0.25Ti0.75N

B4 → Bk

307

210

105

485

125

215

92

242

0.313

  1. The SB column refers to the Strukturbericht designation. Those B4 systems that relaxed into the Bk structure are marked by B4 → Bk in the SB column.