Table 2. Elastic Constants, Shear Modulus (G), Young’s Modulus (E), Bulk Modulus (B), and Poisson’s Ratio (σ) of SnO2 Polymorphsa.
| S. No | polymorphs | C11 | C12 | C13 | C22 | C23 | C33 | C44 | C55 | C66 | σ | Au | E (GPa) | G (GPa) | B (GPa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pa3̅ | 417 | 209 | 134 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 317 | 121 | 279 | ||||||
| 32722 | 13522 | 10422 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | P42/mnm | 207 | 140 | 126 | 373 | 84 | 177 | 0.29 | 1.65 | 215 | 84 | 170 | |||
| 19922 | 13122 | 12622 | 38922 | 8622 | 18022 | 0.2722 | 21122 | 8122 | 16722 | ||||||
| 3 | I4/m | 101 | 90 | 62 | 270 | 55 | 25 | 0.36 | 9.77 | 80 | 30 | 96 | |||
| 4 | Imma | 374 | 126 | 126 | 351 | –3 | 351 | 84 | 34 | 84 | 0.29 | 1.72 | 216 | 84 | 170 |
| 5 | Pnnm | 209 | 142 | 127 | 210 | 128 | 376 | 84 | 85 | 178 | 0.29 | 1.72 | 216 | 84 | 172 |
| 21522 | 147 | 133 | 215 | 134 | 388 | 86 | 86 | 181 | |||||||
| 6 | Pbcn | 221 | 152 | 138 | 275 | 117 | 327 | 107 | 83 | 129 | 0.30 | 1.80 | 222 | 86 | 181 |
| 24122 | 15422 | 12122 | 25622 | 8322 | 25722 | 7422 | 9222 | 11122 | |||||||
| 7 | Pbca | 325 | 88.3 | 88.4 | 314.1 | 127.7 | 333.9 | 78.2 | 68.6 | 55.0 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 365 | 138 | 347 |
| 32922 | 16422 | 13522 | 35322 | 12722 | 34622 | 6122 | 8222 | 7522 | |||||||
| 8 | Pnma-I | 587 | 307 | 297 | 489 | 261 | 520 | 112 | 87 | 196 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 333 | 123 | 397 |
The modulus is in GPa.