Structural Study of Transition Metal Carbides

• Authors: P. Bhardwaj
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this research paper we have discovered the structural phase transition and elastic properties of transition metal carbides (TaC and HfC). Phase transition pressures are associated with a sudden collapse in volume showing the incidence of first order phase transition. At ambient condition the present compounds exhibit rock salt (NaCl) structure, they transform into cesium chloride (CsCl) structure under high pressure. The phase transition pressures and associated volume collapses obtained from present potential model show a generally good agreement with the available literature. The elastic constants and bulk modulus are also reported for the present compounds.

Keywords

EN

62.20.de; 62.20.dq; 62.50.-p

Discipline

• 62.20.de: Elastic moduli
• 62.20.dq: Other elastic constants
• 62.50.-p: High-pressure effects in solids and liquids(for high pressure apparatus and techniques, see 07.35.+k; for high-pressure behavior of rocks and minerals, see 91.60.Gf; for pressure treatments, see 81.40.Vw in materials science; for effects of pressure on superconducting transition temperature, see 74.62.Fj)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 138-141

Dates

published

2012-07

received

2011-12-10

(unknown)

2012-05-03

Contributors

author

P. Bhardwaj

• High Pressure Research Lab., Department of Physics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal-462026, India

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.122.138