Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-09-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
17 pages,8 figures
Scientific paper
The phonon and thermodynamic properties of rare-earth-aluminum intermetallics AlRE (RE=Y, Gd, Pr, Yb) with B2-type structure are investigated by performing density functional theory and density functional perturbation theory within the quasiharmonic approximation. The phonon spectra and phonon density of states, including the phonon partial density of states and total density of states, have been discussed. Our results demonstrate that the density of states is mostly composed of Al states at the high frequency. The temperature dependence of various quantities such as the thermal expansions, the heat capacities at constant volume and constant pressure, the isothermal bulk modulus, and the entropy are obtained. The electronic contribution to the specific heat is discussed, and the presented results show that the thermal electronic excitation a?ecting the thermal properties is inessential.
Wang Rui
Wang Shaofeng
Wu Xiaozhi
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