First-principles study of structural, mechanical, and electronic properties of W alloying with Zr

Zhang Ning-Ning¹, Zhang Yu-Juan^{1, †}, Yang Yu², Zhang Ping², Ge Chang-Chun^{1, ‡}

Density of states (DOS) of bcc-based chemically random W_1−xZr_x: (a) W when x = 1, (b) W_0.9375Zr_0.0625, (c) W_0.875Zr_0.125, (d) W_0.8125Zr_0.1875, (e) W_0.75Zr_0.25, (f) W_0.5Zr_0.5, with energy being relative to Fermi level.