THE RELATIONSHIP OF YIELD STRENGTH TO ATOMIC BONDING IN THE TELLURIDES OF ZINC, CADMIUM, AND MERCURY,
Abstract
The simple experiments reported here represent an attempt to relate mechanical properties to atomic bonding in a series of similar compounds with systematic variations in bonding. Three isoelectric tellurides were chosen, namely, zinc telluride, cadmium telluride and mercury tell uride. All have the zinc blende crystal struc ture and are largely covalent in bonding, but the bond strength and the deviation from pure covalent bonding depends on the group II B atom present, whether zinc, cadmium or mercury. Because the variations in bond type are small in this series of compounds, they are expected to lend themselves well to an analysis of the mechanical property differences in terms of the differences in bonding. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0418732
Entities
People
- D.a. Thomas
- F.j. Bachner
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology