Abstract
Pressure-induced structural aspects and elastic properties of NaCl-type (B1) to CsCl-type (B2) structure in praseodymium chalcogenides and pnictides are presented. Ground-state properties are numerically computed by considering long-range Coulomb interactions, Hafemeister and Flygare type short-range overlap repulsion, and van der Waals interaction in the interionic potential. From the elastic constants, Poisson's ratio ν, the ratio RG/B of G (shear modulus) over B (bulk modulus), anisotropy parameter, shear and Young's moduli, Lamé's constant, Kleinman parameter, elastic wave velocity and thermodynamical property such as Debye temperature are calculated. Poisson's ratio ν and the ratio RG/B indicate that PrX and PrY are brittle in B1 phase and ductile in B2 phase. To our knowledge, this is the first quantitative theoretical prediction of the ductile (brittle) nature of praseodymium chalcogenides and pnictides and still awaits experimental confirmation.
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