Structural, electronic properties and stability of tungsten mono- and semi-carbides: A first principles investigation

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-71

  Suetin, Dmitrii V ^a   Shein, Igor R ^a   Ivanovskii, Alexander L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

A. Inorganic compounds; C. Ab initio calculations; D. Crystal structure; D. Electronic structure; D. Thermodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; TUNGSTEN;

A. INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; C. AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; D. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; D. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; D. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 57649173558     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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