Cartoon of the AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy (HEA) with body-centered cubic (BCC) lattice. HEAs also come in face-centered cubic (FCC) and (less frequently) hexagonal close packing (HCP). BCC HEAs typically have high yield strength and low ductility, vice versa for FCC HEAs. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/High_entropy_alloys
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% Cartoon of the AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy (HEA) with body-centered cubic (BCC) lattice. HEAs also come in face-centered cubic (FCC) and (less frequently) hexagonal close packing (HCP). BCC HEAs typically have high yield strength and low ductility, vice versa for FCC HEAs. % https://wikipedia.org/wiki/High_entropy_alloys \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \pgfmathdeclarerandomlist{colors}{{red!80}{teal}{blue!80}{orange}{blue!20}} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \foreach \i in {1,...,12} { \foreach \j in {1,...,4} { \foreach \k in {1,...,4} { \pgfmathrandomitem{\randColor}{colors} \shade[ball color=\randColor] (-\i+0.3*\j, -0.2*\j+1.2*\k) circle(0.3); } \foreach \k in {1,...,3} { \pgfmathrandomitem{\randColor}{colors} \shade[ball color=\randColor] (-\i+0.5+0.3*\j, -0.2*\j+1.2*\k+0.6) circle(0.3); } } } \foreach \el/\color [count=\n] in {Al/red!80, Co/blue!80, Cr/teal, Fe/orange, Ni/blue!20} { \shade[ball color=\color] (2, 5.5-\n) circle(0.3) node[right=1em] {\el}; } \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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Please can you repeat this but this time, consider the compositon. For example; Al5Co23Cr26Fe2