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. 2018 Sep 20;3(9):11477–11485. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01602

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