3.2. Mechanical Stability and Mechanical properties
To discuss the mechanical stability of Ti3AlB2 and two designed Ti2ZrAlB2 structures, we calculated the elastic constants of them on the basis of the energy-strain method. Results of this method were listed in following Table 2.
Table 2. Calculated elastic constants of Ti3AlB2, Ti2ZrAlB2-1 and Ti2ZrAlB2-2