Study of Electronic, Acoustical and Elastic properties of CdCe

Authors

  • Sanjay Kumar  Department of Physics, J. V. Jain College, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Elastic Properties, Electronic Structure of Metals and Alloys, Ab-Initio Calculations

Abstract

Elastic, acoustical and electronic properties of CdCe have been performed using the full-potential augmented plane-waves + local orbital (FP-LAPW + lo) method. The equilibrium lattice parameter, bulk modulus and its pressure derivative have been obtained using optimization method within generalized gradient approximation (GGA). Young’s modulus, shear modulus, Poisson ratio, acoustical velocities for longitudinal and shear waves, Debye average velocity, Debye temperature and Grüneisen parameter have also been calculated. From electronic calculations, it has been found that electronic conductivity in CdCe is mainly caused by d-orbitals electrons of Cd with small contribution of Ce p-orbitals.

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Sanjay Kumar, " Study of Electronic, Acoustical and Elastic properties of CdCe , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.1722-1727, January-February-2018.