2017/09/21 by Md. Zahidur Rahaman, Md. Atikur Rahman, Rahaman, Md. Zahidur +1
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Rare-earth and actinide compounds
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1709.07173
openalex publication_date 2017/09/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Structural, elastic, electronic and optical properties of laves phase intermetallic compounds CaRh2 and LaRh2 prototype with MgCu2 are investigated by using the first principle calculations. These calculations stand on density functional theory (DFT) from CASTEP code. The calculated lattice parameters are consistent with the experimental values. The significant elastic properties, like as bulk modulus, shear modulus, Youngs modulus and the Poissons ratio are determined by applying the Voigt Reuss Hill (VRH) approximation. The analysis of Pughs ratio shows the ductile nature of both the phases. Metallic conductivity is observed for both the compounds. Most of the contribution originates from Rh 4d states at Fermi level in DOS. The study of bonding characteristics reveals the existence of ionic and metallic bonds in both intermetallics. The study of optical properties indicates that maximum reflectivity occurs in low energy region implying the characteristics of high conductance of both the phases. Absorption quality of both the phases is good in the visible region.