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A study of electron momentum density and charge transfer in W-Cu system

  • 1. Department of Physics, University College of Science, M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001, Rajasthan (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur, 313022 Rajasthan (India)
  • 3. Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics, Box 530, Uppsala University, S-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)

Description

We present the first ever Compton scattering study on WxCu1-x (x = 0.60, 0.72) alloys. The Compton profile measurements have been made using 20 Ci 137Cs γ-ray source. The experimental data are compared with the superposition of APW-based Compton profiles of constituent metals. A schematic study on charge transfer has been reported using the experimental valence band Compton profiles of both the alloys, W and Cu. Our first ever data support the charge transfer from W to Cu on alloying, which is also confirmed by our band structure calculations employing exact muffin-tin orbitals method (EMTO)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.12.067

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.12.067;
PII
S0925-8388(07)02364-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
467
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 595-599
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.