Isomorphic phase transformation in shocked Cerium using molecular dynamics

Cerium (Ce) undergoes a significant (∼16%) volume collapse associated with an isomorphic fcc-fcc phase transformation when subject to compressive loading. We present here a new Embedded Atom Method (EAM) potential for Cerium that models two minima for the two fcc phases. We show results from its use...

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Main Authors: Germann T.C., Chen S.-P., Dupont V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2011-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20101000009