Elastic Constants of β-HgS |
| J.Y. Prieura,b, J. Joffrinb, W. Szuszkiewiczc, E. Dynowskac, J. Góreckac and B. Witkowskac aLaboratoire de Milieux Désordonnés et Hétérogènes, UPMC 4, pl. Jussieu, 75252 Paris, Cedex 05, France bUniversité Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France cInstitute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland |
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| The elastic constants of single crystals of β-HgS highly doped with iron were directly determined at room temperature from the measurements of ultrasonic wave velocities by the pulse-echo technique. The values of c11=6.750, c12=5.186, and c44=2.42 (given at 1010 N m-2 units) were obtained and compared with the experimental data taken for other mercury chalcogenides. The elastic characteristics of this group of materials is quite similar to those of Cd and Zn chalcogenides. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.94.487 PACS numbers: 62.20.Dc, 64.60.My |