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Electronic Energy and Short-Range Order in Binary Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Mark O. Robbins
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
L.M. Falicov
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Abstract

An electronic theory for the total energy of binary alloys is presented. It treats the entire range of concentration and short-range order. The method in not ab initio, but requires only information about the pure elemental constituents of the alloy. Results for two very different metal series, monovalent metals and 4-d transition metals, are calculated and compared to experiment and other models. The model calculation allows us to examine the physical basis for experimental trends.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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