Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction in Pure Metals

Abstract

Calculations of the ionic part of the electric field gradient at the nuclei of certain metals are combined with available experimental data to obtain information about the electronic structures of the metals, or estimates of nuclear quadrupole moments. The metals considered are Be, Sc, Re, La, Mg, Co, Zn, and Cd, which have the hexagonal close-packed structure, and indium, which has a centered tetragonal structure. Some comparison is made with other information about the shapes of the Fermi surfaces and a pertinent experiment on Zn is suggested.