metallurgy.linear_mixture(alloy: Alloy | str | dict, property_name: str) Number | None | list[Number | None][source]

Returns the linear mixture of a particular elemental property of an alloy.

See equation 5 of the paper “Machine-learning improves understanding of glass formation in metallic systems” for definition of the linear mixture: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/dd/d2dd00026a

Parameters:
alloy : Alloy, str, dict

The alloy for which to calculate the linear mixture.

property_name : str

The elemental property to calculate the linear mixture of.


Last update: Jun 08, 2023