Study of Cohesion and Allied Properties of Silver Halide Crystals

Abstract

Abstract An interionic potential model is developed by introducing modifications of the Hafemeister and Flygare (HF) potential to include the effects of three‐body and van der Waals interactions. This modified HF potential is applied to investigate the cohesion and associated physical properties of silver halides and found to give better descriptions than those obtained by earlier workers. The importance of the significant role of the three‐body and van der Waals interactions is also emphasised.