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Valence electron distribution and “atomic size” in crystals

E. V. ZarochentsevDonetsk Physicotechnical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSRE. Ya. FaĭnDonetsk Physicotechnical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR

Soviet Journal of Low Temperature Physicsjournal1978en

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Abstract

Valence electron distributions are analyzed for crystals of various types. It is found that for a given element the distance from the center of an atom to the maximum (minimum) along the “bond” the valence electron density remains roughly the same in crystals of different structures. A correlation is shown to exist between the distance mentioned above and the radius of the external valence orbital of the free atom.

Topics

Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Microstructure and mechanical properties

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DOI: 10.1063/10.0029686

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