Valence electronic structure of tantalum carbide and nitride

被引:7
作者
Fan ChangZeng [1 ]
Sun LiLing
Wei ZunJie
Ma MingZhen
Liu RiPing
Zeng SongYan
Wang WenKui
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Natl Lab Superconduct, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[3] Yanshan Univ, Natl Key Lab Metastable Mat Sci & Tech, Qingdao 066004, Peoples R China
来源
SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES G-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY | 2007年 / 50卷 / 06期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
TaC; TaN; valence electronic structure; ionicity;
D O I
10.1007/s11433-007-0078-y
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The valence electronic structures of tantalum carbide (TaC) and tantalum nitride (TaN) are studied by using the empirical electronic theory (EET). The results reveal that the bonds of these compounds have covalent, metallic and ionic characters. For a quantitative analysis of the relative strength of these components, their ionicities have been calculated by implanting the results of EET to the PVL model. It has been found that the ionicity of tantalum carbide is smaller than that of tantalum nitride. The EET results also reveal that the covalent electronic number of the strongest bond in the former is larger than that of the latter. All these suggest that the covalent bond of TaC is stronger than that of TaN, which coincides to that deduced from the first-principles method.
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页数:5
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