First-principles study of the elastic and thermodynamic properties of thorium hydrides at high pressure

Zhang Xiao-Lin¹, Wu Yuan-Yuan¹, Shao Xiao-Hong^{1, †,}, Lu Yong², Zhang Ping^{2, ‡,}

Calculated elastic constants as a function of pressure for (a) bct ThH₂, (b) fcc ThH₂, and (c) bcc Th₄H₁₅.