Yusheng Zhao, Jianzhong Zhang, Cristian Pantea
2005
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Physical Review B
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Introduction Zirconium is a fascinating d-orbital transition metal. It has been widely used for nuclear and chemical applications owing to its low neutron absorption cross-section and its exceptional resistance to corrosion. The study of the fundamental thermodynamic properties of zirconium, such as equation of state (EOS) and phase stability, are very important for a better understanding of its crystal, chemical, and physical properties and to the development of theoretical modeling in computational physics [1,2].