Dielectric behavior of allkali halides and the second-neighbor interaction

Abstract
The dielectric and mechanical properties of alkali halides have been examined within the framework of the three-body-force shell model by including the effect of the second-neighbor interaction. The resultant force constants coupling the second neighbors have been calculated for three arbitrarily chosen values of the ionic charge as modified by the charge transfer implicit in the three-body-force shell model. It has been observed that, in lithium halides and in NaF, the resultant force coupling the second neighbors is repulsive in nature while in all the other alkali halides it is attractive.

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