[Pw_forum] cohesive energy

[Stefano de Gironcoli]

the cohesive energy is the energy per atom of the bulk minus the energy 
of an isolated atom.
stefano

Shyam Khambholja wrote:
> Hello all,
>             scf calculation can give us total energy. but how to calculate
> cohesive energy of elements like aluminium from total energy ?  thanks in
> advance
>
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