Abstract
The effect of high pressures on the mechanical and thermal properties up to phase transition pressure for cubic rock-salt cadmium oxide (CdO) semiconducting compound is presented in this research. The calculations are based on the equation of state (EOS) parameters measured at ambient conditions reported in the literature. The approach used here was previously applied successfully for other materials. Our study shows that the parameters reflect the rigidity of the semiconductor and the melting temperature increases with increasing pressure, while some other parameters decrease gradually for our material of interest. A comparative analysis of some quantities for CdO compound under high pressure was done. Similar behaviors were observed in the literature for particular materials with particular structures. Furthermore, we calculated both the fracture toughness and the fracture surface energy, which are at around 1.23 MPa.m1/2 and 5.14 J.m-2, respectively.