Simple Metals at High Pressure
Materials Science
2015-05-14 v2
Abstract
In this lecture we review high-pressure phase transition sequences exhibited by simple elements, looking at the examples of the main group I, II, IV, V, and VI elements. General trends are established by analyzing the changes in coordination number on compression. Experimentally found phase transitions and crystal structures are discussed with a brief description of the present theoretical picture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0909.5356,
title = {Simple Metals at High Pressure},
author = {Olga Degtyareva},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5356},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
22 pages, 4 figures, lecture notes for the lecture given at the Erice course on High-Pressure Crystallography in June 2009, Sicily, Italy