First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Calculations of the Equation of State for Tantalum

Autor: Shigeaki Ono
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 10, Pp 4342-4351 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10104342
Popis: The equation of state of tantalum (Ta) has been investigated to 100 GPa and 3,000 K using the first-principles molecular dynamics method. A large volume dependence of the thermal pressure of Ta was revealed from the analysis of our data. A significant temperature dependence of the calculated effective Grüneisen parameters was confirmed at high pressures. This indicates that the conventional approach to analyze thermal properties using the Mie-Grüneisen approximation is likely to have a significant uncertainty in determining the equation of state for Ta, and that an intrinsic anharmonicity should be considered to analyze the equation of state.
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