Tight-Binding parameters for Iron-Aluminum compounds


Iron (Fe)
Atomic Number 26
Atomic Weight 55.847
Room Temperature Structure bcc (A2)
Experimental Lattice Constant 0.287 nm
 
Aluminum (Al)
Atomic Number 13
Atomic Weight 26.9815
Room Temperature Structure fcc (A1)
Experimental Lattice Constant 0.405 nm

We have developed a set of parameters for Fe-Al compounds, fitting total energies and electronic structures of the following compounds:

Compound Structure Lattice Constant Ranges (Bohr)
  Minimum Maximum
Fe3Al D03 (Fe3Al) a 4.90 5.50
CuAu B1 (NaCl) a 8.40 9.40
B2 (CsCl) a 4.30 5.90
B32 (NaTl) a 5.10 5.70
FeAl2 C11b (MoSi2) a 5.00 5.80
c 6.50 8.70
Reference J. Phys: Condens. Matter 14, 1895-1902 (2002)

Use of the parameters outside of these ranges may result in unphysical behavior.

Get the parameters used in the paper.

We have also developed a better set of non-orthogonal parameters, fit to the same structures:

Get the new parameters (feal_par).


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