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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Dear Wien2k users, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>When we consider Zr (hcp) in a tetragonal or orthorhombic lattice, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>we have to consider two cases <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>1. c/a ratio and b/a ratio <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>2. force minimization. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>[1] seems to be ok, but I have a querie on [2]. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>We can consider Zr in tetragonal lattice with 1 or more than 1
equivalant point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>For example, Zr in Delta Prime Plutonium lattice has only one
equivalent atomic position <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Zr in Beta-Uranium has five different atomic positions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'>But both these structures are tetragonal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'>Now the difference ENE(Zr, hcp)-ENE(Zr,tetragonal,U) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>and ENE(Zr,hcp)-ENE(Zr,tetragonal,Pu) both would be different (after
c/a, b/a optimization...) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Both are the measure of the lattice stability. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Which one is right? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Suddhasattwa</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Ghosh</st1:Sn><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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