Mg

EAM Potential: Mg.lammps.eam  (updated on 07/01/2018 hsheng@gmu.edu). 

   Reference: 

   Magnesium EAM potentials available in the literature

Properties of Magnesium Predicted by the Present EAM Model 

Ref. 2.1    http://www.webelements.com/tantalum/crystal_structure.html

Ref. 2.2    C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics (Wiley, New York, 2004)

Ref. 2.3    G. Simons and H. Wang, Single Crystal Elastic Constants and Calculated Aggregate Properties (MIT Press, Cambridge,MA, 1977)

Ref. 2.4    Metals: Phonon and Electron States, Fermi Surfaces, Edited by  K.H. Hellwege et al., New York 1981 (p.142)         

Ref. 2.5    Ab initio calculation (vasp) in the present work.  paw_gga, 5d34s2, encut=279.6 eV. 

Ref. 2.6    K. Maier, M. Peo, B. Saile, H. E. Schaefer, and A. Seeger, Philos. Mag. A 40, 701 (1979)

Ref. 2.7    Ullmaier H, editor. Properties and interaction of atomic defects in metals and alloys. Landolt-Bornstein, New Series, Group III, vol.25. Springer: Berlin; 1991. p. 88.

Ref. 2.8    W. R. Tyson and W. A. Miller, Surf. Sci. 62, 267 (1977)

Ref. 2.9    Y. Mishin and A.Y. Lozovoi, Angular-dependent interatomic potential for tantalum, Acta Materialia 54, 5013 (2006)

Ref. 2.10    R. E. Bedford, G. Bonnier, H. Maas, and F. Pavese, Metrologia 33,133 (1996).

Ref. 2.11    P.F. Paradis, T. Ishikawa, S. Yoda, Noncontact density measurements of tantalum and rhenium in the liquid and undercooled states, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 4047 (2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1624475

Elastic constants: 

L. J. Slutsky, C. W. Garland, Elastic Constants of Magnesium from 4.2°K to 300°K, Phys. Rev. 107, 972–976 (1957)

Melting temperature of Mg 

lammps script to estimate the melting temperature of Mg: Mg.melting.in

MD simulation of two co-existing phases of Mg (hcp vs. liquid) in equilibrium at T = K

  

Lattice Dynamics

            Phonon Dispersion Curve   

Thermal expansion of h.c.p Magnesium

  

Crystal Structures

  

Generalized Stacking Fault Energy

Deformation Path

Liquid Structure