Research Article

Study of Hardness of Superhard Crystals by Topological Indices

Table 3

Structure symmetry, Randić index (R), atom-bond connectivity (ABC) index, calculated hardness (H), and their cumulative correlations (Cor) between (R, H) and (ABC, H).

CrystalSymmetryRandić index (R)ABC indexHardness of crystalsCor (R, H)Cor (ABC, H)

14.13658425.345209656.0

5.773502699.1139615465.8−1−1
5.60906098.8419603461.9−0.911790078−0.9128016
5.609060908.8419603464.8−0.921902798−0.92264538

8.9326529914.061255480.0−0.267918644−0.33848122
12.42820329.6299473574.0−0.028477805−0.39185327
11.942394223.992404970.00.019298886−0.23407776

6.2426406911.94938377.6−0.11272915−0.26114031
7.6138321710.376250865.3−0.092422184−0.2263985
7.5656461512.647041880.7−0.134370355−0.22184915
10.194189617.352804775.2−0.096163473−0.17150281
22.874368734.337443265.4−0.197758916−0.24340232