Debye–Waller Factors and Absorptive Scattering Factors of Elemental Crystals

Abstract

Debye–Waller factors and absorptive scattering factors are given of 44 elemental crystals over the temperature range from 1 to 1000 K or to the melting temperature, whichever is smaller. The Debye–Waller factors are derived from the experimentally determined phonon density of states and the accuracy of these factors is typically 2 to 3%. Necessary data have also been compiled for an additional 22 elemental crystals for which the characteristic Debye temperatures are known. These data can be used to estimate the Debye–Waller factor at any temperature using the analytical Debye expression of the phonon density of states.