Survey of the Thermodynamic Properties of the Charge Density Wave Systems
Table 1
Materials (2D CDW) TbTe3, HoTe3, and ErTe3 rare earth tritellurides. Molar volumes are given in cm3, specific heat discontinuities in J/molK, thermal expansion discontinuities in K−1, elastic velocity discontinuities in , and measured and calculated elastic constants in GPa and ratios.
Materials
Molar volume cm3
TCDW K
Specific heat
J/molK
Thermal expansion coefficient along the axis ∆αc (K−1)