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Abstract
The influence of alloying on elastic, thermal and ultrasonic properties has been investigated for wurtzite (wz) structured ScxAl1-xN alloy at room temperature along the unique axis. Firstly, the higher order elastic constants have been computed by means of Lennard-Jones potential model. The mechanical constants are estimated to determine mechanical properties like stability, stiffness, compressibility, hardness and ductility etc. The ultrasonic wave velocities have been appraised using the second order elastic constants (SOECs) at different angle of propagation, which have been further used to calculate thermal properties like Debye temperatures, thermal conductivities and thermal relaxation time of ScxAl1-xN at room temperature (300 K). Finally, the coefficient of ultrasonic attenuation due to the thermoelastic relaxation process and due to the phonon-viscosity interaction process has been analyzed for wz- ScxAl1-xN at 300K. The achieved results have been interpreted with existing results on wz- ScxAl1-xN as well as with other wz materials.
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