Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2000-06-13
Phys. Rev. B 63, 224101 (2001).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.63.224101
We have investigated the thermal equation of state of tantalum from first principles using the Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (LAPW) and pseudopotential methods for pressures up to 300 GPa and temperatures up to 10000 K. The equation of state at zero temperature was computed using LAPW. For finite temperatures, mixed basis pseudopotential computations were performed for 54 atom supercells. The vibrational contributions were obtained by computing the partition function using the particle in a cell model, and the the finite temperature electronic free energy was obtained from the LAPW band structures. We discuss the behavior of thermal equation of state parameters such as the Gr\"uneisen parameter $\gamma$, $q$, the thermal expansivity $\alpha$, the Anderson-Gr\"uneisen parameter $\delta_T$ as functions of pressure and temperature. The calculated Hugoniot shows excellent agreement with shock-wave experiments. An electronic topological transition was found at approximately 200 GPa.
Cohen Ronald E.
Gulseren Oguz
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