Research Article

First-Principles Study of the Structural Stability and Electronic and Elastic Properties of Helium in α-Zirconium

Table 1

Experimental and calculated lattice constants ( ) for -Zr.


This work3.2311.600
PW91/PAW [30]3.2131.605
PW91/UPP [31]3.231.604
PW91/UPP [32]3.2231.606
Exp. [33] 3.231.593