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Chin. Phys. B, 2016, Vol. 25(3): 033102    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/3/033102
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γ-and α-Ce phase diagram: First-principle calculation

Lin Zhang(张林), Ying-Hua Li(李英华), Xue-Mei Li(李雪梅), Zu-Gen Zhang(张祖根), Xiang-Ping Ye(叶想平), Ling-Cang Cai(蔡灵仓)
National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
Abstract  Controversies about the phase diagram for the isostructural γα phase transition of cerium have long been standing out for several decades. To seek insight into the problems, high-precision equations of state (EOS) for γ-and α-cerium are constructed based on first-principle calculation. Versus previous works, the strong anharmonic effects of ion vibration and the variation of magnetism of γ-cerium are stressed. The new EOS generally agrees well with experimental data regarding thermodynamics, phase diagrams, and phase transitions. However, new EOS predicts that another part of phase boundary in pressure-temperature space may exist except for the commonly known boundary. In addition, the well-known critical point seems to be a critical point for γ-cerium to translate from a stable state to an unstable state.
Keywords:  ab initio calculations      phase transition      equation of states  
Received:  13 July 2015      Revised:  24 November 2015      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  31.15.A- (Ab initio calculations)  
  81.30.Bx (Phase diagrams of metals, alloys, and oxides)  
  82.35.Jk (Copolymers, phase transitions, structure)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11272293 and U1230201), the Defense Industrial Technology Development Program (Grant No. B1520132001), and the Foundation of National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics of China (Grant No. 9140C670301140C67283).
Corresponding Authors:  Lin Zhang     E-mail:  zhanglinbox@caep.cn,zhanglinbox@263.net

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Lin Zhang(张林), Ying-Hua Li(李英华), Xue-Mei Li(李雪梅), Zu-Gen Zhang(张祖根), Xiang-Ping Ye(叶想平), Ling-Cang Cai(蔡灵仓) γ-and α-Ce phase diagram: First-principle calculation 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 033102

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