Structural, Mechanical and Thermodynamic properties of Manganese Monocarbide (MnC) in ZnS phase under High Pressure: a DFT Study

Abstract

The structural, elastic and thermodynamic properties of the manganese monocarbide in ZnS (B3) phase were investigated using the DFT calculation with the PBE functional. The ground state properties of this materials such as lattice constant, bulk modulus, pressure derivatives of bulk modulus and Young’s modulus are calculated and the obtained results show a good agreement with the experimental data. Moreover, the estimated values of elastic constants indicate that the studied material is found to be mechanically stable. The results show also that the heat capacity of this materials as a function of the temperature is close to the Dulong-Petit limit (49.6 J/mol.K)at higher temperatures. The thermal expansion( α) and Debye parameter were also calculated at the different temperatures. The pressure effects on the above parameters were computed and their values are compared with the experimental results.