Abstract
Elastic constants of palladium and palladium hydride in the phase (Pd) have been measured on single-crystal samples in the temperature range of 4-300 K. The results obtained in palladium agree with previous measurements. The anomalous temperature dependence of the shear constant in palladium is found to be absent in the hydride. The values of the adiabatic elastic constants , , and in Pd in units of dyne/ are, respectively, 0.691, 0.327, and 2.633 upon extrapolation to absolute zero. The Debye temperature of the hydride calculated from its elastic constants is 285 K at low temperature. The hydride elastic constants did not show any pronounced anomaly over the "50-K transition" temperature region.
- Received 5 March 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.20.1339
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