Calculated cohesive energies of the light actinide metals
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics
- Vol. 14 (5), 1157-1171
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4608/14/5/012
Abstract
The cohesive energies of the light actinide metals have been calculated from first principles using the density functional formalism and self-consistent RLMTO energy band calculations. The band contribution to cohesion increases across the series but the contribution from free-atom preparation energies increases more rapidly, resulting in cohesive energies that decrease across the series. The modification of the band contribution to cohesion by spin-orbit splitting is significant in the middle of the series.Keywords
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