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EAM_Dynamo_SturgeonLaird_2000_Al__MO_120808805541_006

Interatomic potential for Aluminum (Al).
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EAM potential (LAMMPS cubic hermite tabulation) for Al optimized for melting temperature developed by Sturgeon and Laird (2000) v006
Description
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This EAM model for Al is based on the model developed by Mei-Davenport, which we have optimized to give the correct experimental melting temperature.
Species
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Al
Disclaimer
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This model was developed as a prototype case for the Gibbs-Duhem protocol for optimizing melting points. As such, the melting point was the primary metric for its development. We have shown that the modifications to the original Mei-Davenport potential that we used to optimize T_m did not change the quality of the potential with respect to elastic constants, density, etc., but no systematic study of other properties was performed.
Content Origin http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/potentials/Al.html
Contributor Ryan S. Elliott
Maintainer Ryan S. Elliott
Developer Jess B. Sturgeon
Brian B. Laird
Published on KIM 2025
How to Cite

This Model originally published in [1] is archived in OpenKIM [2-5].

[1] Sturgeon JB, Laird BB. Adjusting the melting point of a model system via Gibbs-Duhem integration: Application to a model of aluminum. Physical Review B. 2000Dec;62(22):14720–7. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.62.14720 — (Primary Source) A primary source is a reference directly related to the item documenting its development, as opposed to other sources that are provided as background information.

[2] Sturgeon JB, Laird BB. EAM potential (LAMMPS cubic hermite tabulation) for Al optimized for melting temperature developed by Sturgeon and Laird (2000) v006. OpenKIM; 2025. doi:10.25950/4bb82973

[3] Foiles SM, Baskes MI, Daw MS, Plimpton SJ. EAM Model Driver for tabulated potentials with cubic Hermite spline interpolation as used in LAMMPS v006. OpenKIM; 2025. doi:10.25950/233cb735

[4] Tadmor EB, Elliott RS, Sethna JP, Miller RE, Becker CA. The potential of atomistic simulations and the Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models. JOM. 2011;63(7):17. doi:10.1007/s11837-011-0102-6

[5] Elliott RS, Tadmor EB. Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models (KIM) Application Programming Interface (API). OpenKIM; 2011. doi:10.25950/ff8f563a

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MO_120808805541_006
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EAM_Dynamo_SturgeonLaird_2000_Al__MO_120808805541_006
DOI 10.25950/4bb82973
https://doi.org/10.25950/4bb82973
https://commons.datacite.org/doi.org/10.25950/4bb82973
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KIM API Version2.0
Potential Type eam
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BCC Lattice Constant

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Cohesive Energy Graph

This graph shows the cohesive energy versus volume-per-atom for the current mode for four mono-atomic cubic phases (body-centered cubic (bcc), face-centered cubic (fcc), simple cubic (sc), and diamond). The curve with the lowest minimum is the ground state of the crystal if stable. (The crystal structure is enforced in these calculations, so the phase may not be stable.) Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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Diamond Lattice Constant

This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered diamond lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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Dislocation Core Energies

This graph shows the dislocation core energy of a cubic crystal at zero temperature and pressure for a specific set of dislocation core cutoff radii. After obtaining the total energy of the system from conjugate gradient minimizations, non-singular, isotropic and anisotropic elasticity are applied to obtain the dislocation core energy for each of these supercells with different dipole distances. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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FCC Elastic Constants

This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) elastic constants predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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FCC Lattice Constant

This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in red) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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FCC Stacking Fault Energies

This bar chart plot shows the intrinsic and extrinsic stacking fault energies as well as the unstable stacking and unstable twinning energies for face-centered cubic (fcc) predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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FCC Surface Energies

This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) relaxed surface energies predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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SC Lattice Constant

This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic simple cubic (sc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.

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Cubic Crystal Basic Properties Table

Species: Al



Disclaimer From Model Developer

This model was developed as a prototype case for the Gibbs-Duhem protocol for optimizing melting points. As such, the melting point was the primary metric for its development. We have shown that the modifications to the original Mei-Davenport potential that we used to optimize T_m did not change the quality of the potential with respect to elastic constants, density, etc., but no systematic study of other properties was performed.

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