Elastic Moduli and More General Phonon Properties

The following sections are included:

• Outline

• Force between Half-Planes of a Metal

  • Relation of Cleavage Force to Surface Energy of Metal

  • Kohn-Yaniv Interpolation Formula for Cleavage Force

  • Universal Model for Cleavage Force

  • Emission of Phonons by Moving Dislocations

  • Effect of Stress and Temperature on Velocity of Dislocations in Fe Single Crystals

  • Pair Potential: Uses and Limitations

  • Some Useful Combinations of Elastic Constants for Hexagonal Close Packed Metals

• Empirical Relations between Elastic Moduli, Vacancy Formation Energy and Melting Temperature