Temperature Dependence of Thermoelastic Properties for NaCl Crystal

Abstract

Recently developed isothermal Kholiya’s EOS is modified to study the temperature dependent volume expansion and applied for NaCl crystal. The results obtained with the present model are in quite close agreement to the experimental values. The model is therefore extended to study the variation of bulk modulus and the coefficient of volume thermal expansion with temperature. Comparison of the obtained results with the experimental data demonstrates that an isothermal EOS may also be modified to study the temperature dependent elastic properties. The present study also reveals that the quasi harmonic approximation, that is, the product of bulk modulus and the coefficient of volume thermal expansion as constant, is valid in case of NaCl crystal.