Calculation of Cohesive and Surface Energies of Thorium and Uranium Dioxides

G. C. Benson, P. J. FREEMAN, E. Dempsey

Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1963 · 53 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

The cohesive and surface energies of thorium and uranium dioxides were estimated theoretically by computations based on a Born‐Mayer type of model. The sensitivity of the results to changes in the data used for the calculations is illustrated and discussed.

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