The relationship between experimental and calculated point defect energies

Abstract
The temperature dependence of the Schottky defect formation enthalpy, hp, and of the Schottky formation energy at constant volume, uv, have been calculated for NaCl and KCl. The quasi-harmonic approximation was used with well-proven lattice simulation methods and interionic potentials. hp increases with temperature whereas uv decreases and close to the melting point is approximately 70 % of h p. The implications of these results for the energy and entropy terms derived from the analysis of experimental transport data are examined

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