Table 2. Calculated Elastic Stiffness Constants Cij, Bulk Modulus B, Shear Modulus G, Young’s Modulus E, Poisson’s Ratio v, and Vickers Hardness Hv of the Sc–N System.
| ScN cubic | Sc8N7 monoclinic | ScN3 triclinic | ScN5 triclinic | ScN5 monoclinic | Sc4N3 cubic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elastic stiffness Cij constants | C11 | 385.81 | 549.92 | 426.18 | 599.99 | 772.45 | 788.63 |
| C22 | 498.73 | 443.61 | 457.08 | 821.69 | |||
| C33 | 464.91 | 563.28 | 414.57 | 861.50 | |||
| C44 | 163.74 | 162.13 | 138.72 | 215.40 | 426.77 | 165.11 | |
| C55 | 212.21 | 192.74 | 129.65 | 329.19 | |||
| C66 | 159.67 | 240.07 | 237.03 | 311.42 | |||
| C12 | 104.70 | 110.58 | 224.26 | 227.76 | 329.12 | 221.93 | |
| C13 | 124.52 | 137.47 | 266.51 | 373.19 | |||
| C14 | 30.12 | –179.03 | |||||
| C15 | 0.2770 | 32.47 | 42.87 | 109.77 | |||
| C16 | 32.94 | –125.22 | |||||
| C23 | 166.43 | 168.97 | 152.66 | 343.03 | |||
| C24 | 7.5572 | –16.25 | |||||
| C25 | –0.071 | –16.75 | –53.96 | –75.21 | |||
| C26 | 133.77 | –51.62 | |||||
| C34 | 80.56 | –47.59 | |||||
| C35 | –0.019 | –8.31 | –27.54 | 0.74 | |||
| C36 | 29.81 | 31.63 | |||||
| C45 | 55.13 | 10.41 | |||||
| C46 | 0.002 | 8.91 | 34.17 | 145.83 | |||
| C56 | 0.95 | –21.99 | |||||
| B (GPa) | 198.38 | 257.32 | 262.56 | 307.28 | 484.49 | 410.94 | |
| G (GPa) | 154.46 | 178.44 | 154.53 | 171.4 | 269.94 | 205.33 | |
| E (GPa) | 367.89 | 434.81 | 387.57 | 433.58 | 682.98 | 528.04 | |
| v | 0.191 | 0.218 | 0.254 | 0.265 | 0.265 | 0.286 | |
| Hv (GPa) | 25 | 24 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 23.6 | 17.0 | |