Semi-Empirical Predictions for Hardness of Rare Earth Pyrochlores; High-Permittivity Dielectrics and Thermal Barrier Coating Materials

  • Rekha Bhati Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Glocal University, Saharanpur, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6046-2192
  • Dheerendra Singh Yadav Department of Physics, Ch. Charan Singh P G College Heonra, Etawah, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8315-9743
  • Preeti Varshney Department of Physics, G.G.I.C., Iglas, Aligarh, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-7210
  • Rajesh Chandra Gupta Department of Physics, B. S. A. College, Mathura, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0560-7077
  • Ajay Singh Verma Division of Research & Innovation, Department of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; University Centre for Research and Development, Department of Physics, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8223-7658
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2023-1-29
Keywords: Pyrochlores, Plasmon energy, Vicker’s hardness

Abstract

Herein, we have formulated a simplistic semi-empirical model for Vicker’s hardness of rare earth based pyrochlore compounds. We have considered the  structured 97 pyrochlore compounds for Vicker’s hardness calculations. The plasmon energy (ħωp) depends on basic parameters of the material such as Ne-effective number of free electrons per unit volume participating in plasma oscillations, e-electronic charge and m-mass of an electron. The proposed model predicts that the experimental and theoretical values of Vicker’s hardness increases as plasmon energy of pyrochlore increases. We have found that the calculated values are in better agreement with available experimental and theoretical data, which supports the validity of the model. This model supports the modeling of emerging functional pyrochlore compounds and helps to understand their mechanical properties for excellent thermal stability, superconductivities, batteries, ferroelectricity, water spitting, high ionic conductivity, good photoluminescence, inherent oxygen vacancies, exotic magnetism, and now-a-days most importantly in nuclear waste encapsulation and aerospace industry

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2023-03-02
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Bhati, R., Yadav, D. S., Varshney, P., Gupta, R. C., & Verma, A. S. (2023). Semi-Empirical Predictions for Hardness of Rare Earth Pyrochlores; High-Permittivity Dielectrics and Thermal Barrier Coating Materials. East European Journal of Physics, (1), 222-227. https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2023-1-29
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