Madelung Constants of Some Cubic Crystals

G. C. Benson, F. Van Zeggeren

The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1957 · 38 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

A simple method for evaluating the Madelung constant of a CsCl-type crystal is described. The Madelung constants of CaF2-type and ZnS-type lattices are computed to ten decimal places from linear relations between the Madelung constants of these and NaCl- and CsCl-type crystals.

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