Sound velocities and thermal properties of BX (X=As, Sb) compounds

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    • Salah Daoud Laboratoire Matériaux et Systèmes Electroniques (LMSE), Université de Bordj Bou Arreridj, 34000
    2015-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijsw.v3i1.4039
  • Sound velocity, Thermal Properties, AIIIBV compounds.

  • The sound velocities and thermal properties of Boron-Arsenide (BAs) and Boron- Antimonide (BSb) materials have been predicted with the help of the empirical elastic constants which are taken from our previous work which is accepted to publication in International Journal of Scientific World. The longitudinal, transverse and average elastic wave velocities, the Debye temperature, the melting temperature, the thermal conductivity, the linear thermal expansion coefficient and finally the Grüneisen parameter are predicted and analyzed in comparison with the available theoretical data of the literature. Our obtained results are in general in very good agreement with the previous experimental and theoretical data of the literature.

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    Daoud, S. (2015). Sound velocities and thermal properties of BX (X=As, Sb) compounds. International Journal of Scientific World, 3(1), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijsw.v3i1.4039