Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10645163 | Journal of Nuclear Materials | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
High-pressure X-ray diffraction studies on MgCu2 type phase of UOs2 have been carried out up to 36â¯GPa. The compound remains in its parent phase up to 12â¯GPa with bulk modulus 261â¯GPa. Beyond 12â¯GPa, a first order phase transformation is observed. The phase transition is sluggish in nature and completes at 20.1â¯GPa. The high-pressure phase is found to be a hexagonal cell with lattice parameters aâ¯=â¯3.013â¯Ã
and câ¯=â¯4.267â¯Ã
. Charge density calculations show that uranium tetrahedra in the lattice are responsible for the phase transition. The density of state plots at Fermi level, wherein a pseudogap originates at high pressures, confirms the existence of a high pressure phase and uranium site is found to contribute significantly to such changes in density of state. The retrievable high pressure phase is found to be the least compressible among uranium intermetallic compounds with bulk modulus of 366â¯GPa.
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Authors
Balmukund Shukla, G. Shwetha, N.R. Sanjay Kumar, N.V. Chandra Shekar,