CONTRIBUTION OF THREE-BODY INTERACTIONS TO THE ENERGY OF VACANCY FORMATION IN SOLID ARGON,

Abstract

The discrepancy between the calculated value of the free energy of vacancy formation in solid argon and that obtained from an analysis of specific heat measurements, as established re cently by Foreman and Lidiard, in interpreted in terms of three-body contributions on the basis of the theory developed by this author and Zimering to explain the absolute stability of the face-centered cubic configurations of crystals of the heavy rare gas atoms. It is shown that the vacancy-energy deviation from the pair-potential value agrees in sign and magnitude with predictions resulting from the three-body theory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 1963
Accession Number
AD0417351

Entities

People

  • L. Jansen

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Energy
  • Free Energy
  • Measurement
  • Specific Heat

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.