Speaker
Mrs
Malebo Tibane
(University of South Africa)
Description
We investigate the thermal stability at 0 GPa for different phases of PtCr binary alloys. We have detected soft modes at X, G, M and R points of the Brillouin zone from the phonon spectra of Pt3Cr A15 phase. Pt3Cr L12 and PtCr3 A15 are predicted as dynamically stable structures.
Primary author
Mrs
Malebo Tibane
(University of South Africa)
Co-author
Prof.
Phuti Ngoepe
(University of Limpopo)