Effect of Nucleation on the Stability of BCC Metals
A. Verma, M.L. Verma
Department of Physics, G.G.D.S.D. College, Palwal-121102, India

and R.P.S. Rathore
Department of Physics, R.B.S. College, Agra-282002, India
Received: October 18, 1996
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Numerical calculations are made of theoretical strength and range of stability of a perfect uniaxially stressed crystal lattice of bcc vanadium, niobium and tantalum in the framework of extended generalised exponential potential by applying Born stability criteria. Two ranges of stability, a bcc phase and a body centered tetragonal phase are found to exist. The computed values of theoretical strength and strain of bcc V, Nb and Ta agree reasonably well with the experimental limits.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.91.583
PACS numbers: 62.20.Dc