Grüneisen Parameter

The Grüneisen parameter, γ, named after Eduard Grüneisen, describes the effect that changing the volume of a crystal lattice has on its vibrational properties, and, as a consequence, the effect that changing temperature has on the size or dynamics of the lattice. The term is usually reserved to describe the single thermodynamic property γ, which is a weighted average of the many separate parameters γ_i entering the original Grüneisen's formulation in terms of the phonon nonlinearities.

Because of the equivalences between many properties and derivatives within thermodynamics (e.g. see Maxwell Relations), there are many formulations of the Grüneisen parameter which are equally valid, leading to numerous distinct yet correct interpretations of its meaning.

Some formulations for the Grüneisen parameter include:

$\gamma =V\left({\frac {dP}{dE}}\right)_{V}={\frac {\alpha K_{T}}{C_{V}\rho }}={\frac {\alpha K_{S}}{C_{P}\rho }}={\frac {\alpha v_{s}^{2}}{C_{P}}}$ $\gamma =V\left({\frac {dP}{dE}}\right)_{V}={\frac {\alpha K_{T}}{C_{V}\rho }}={\frac {\alpha K_{S}}{C_{P}\rho }}={\frac {\alpha v_{s}^{2}}{C_{P}}}$

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