Theoretical Analysis of the Structural Phase Transformation and Elastic Properties in the ZrN under High Pressure

Autor: Arvind Jain, Shubhangi Soni, Netram Kaurav, Sanjay Shah
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials. 28:101-107
ISSN: 2297-6620
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/jmnm.28.101
Popis: We report a phenomenological model based calculation of pressure-induced structural phase transition and elastic properties of ZrN compound. Gibb’s free energy is obtained as a function of pressure by applying an effective interionic interaction potential, which includes the long range Coulomb, van der Waals (vdW) interaction and the short-range repulsive interaction upto second-neighbor ions within the Hafemeister and Flygare approach. From the present study, we predict a structural phase transition from NaCl structure (B1) to the CsCl structure (B2). The variations of elastic constants with pressure follow a systematic trend identical to that observed in others compounds of NaCl type structure family.
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