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Lattice Thermal Conductivity Of Quartz At High Pressure And Temperature From The Boltzmann Transport Equation, Xue Xiong, Eugene J. Ragasa, Aleksandr V. Chernatynskiy, Dawei Tang, Simon R. Phillpot
Lattice Thermal Conductivity Of Quartz At High Pressure And Temperature From The Boltzmann Transport Equation, Xue Xiong, Eugene J. Ragasa, Aleksandr V. Chernatynskiy, Dawei Tang, Simon R. Phillpot
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The thermal conductivities along the basal and hexagonal directions of α-quartz silica, the low-temperature form of crystalline SiO2, are predicted from the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation combined with the van Beest, Kramer, and van Santen potential for the temperature up to 900 K and the pressure as high as 4 GPa. The thermal conductivities at atmospheric pressure, which show a negative and nonlinear dependence on temperature, are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data. The influence of pressure on thermal conductivity is positive and linear. The pressure (P) and temperature (T) dependences of the thermal conductivity …