Effect of ternary addition on ductility of Rh-based intermetallics

This work presents the effect of ternary (titanium/vanadium/niobium/tantalum) addition on ductility of rhodium based binary intermetallic compounds such as Rh3Ti Rh3V Rh3Nb and Rh3Ta. Self-consistent band structure calculations are done on (i) Cubic Rh3BxTi(1-x) (where B = V Nb Ta; x= 0 0.125 0.25 0.75 0.8751 ) (ii) Cubic Rh3BxV(1-x) (where B = Ti Zr Hf; x= 0 0.125 0.25 0.75 0.875 1) (iii) Cubic Rh3BxNb(1-x) (where B = Ti Zr Hf; x= 0 0.125 0.25 0.75 0.875 1) and (iv) Cubic Rh3BxTa(1-x) (where B = Ti Zr Hf; x= 0 0.125 0.25 0.75 0.875 1) compounds by means of Full Potential Linearized Augmented Plane Wave(FP-LAPW) method as implemented in the WIEN2k code in order to analyze the structural electronic mechanical and thermal properties.