October 16, 2008
Author(s)
H M. Ledbetter, Sudook A. Kim, T Tanaka
Using acoustic-resonance spectroscopy, we measured the monocrystal elastic-stiffness coefficients, the Voigt Cij, of TiB 2. With hexagonal symmentry, TiB 2 exhibits five independent C ij: C 11, C 33, C 44, C 66, C 13. Using Voigt-Reuss-Hill averaging, we