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-# DATE: 2007-06-11 CONTRIBUTOR: Aidan Thompson, athomps@sandia.gov CITATION: Stillinger and Weber,  Phys Rev B, 31, 5262, (1985)
-# Stillinger-Weber parameters for various elements and mixtures
-# multiple entries can be added to this file, LAMMPS reads the ones it needs
-# these entries are in LAMMPS "metal" units:
-#   epsilon = eV; sigma = Angstroms
-#   other quantities are unitless
-
-# format of a single entry (one or more lines):
-#   element 1, element 2, element 3, 
-#   epsilon, sigma, a, lambda, gamma, costheta0, A, B, p, q, tol
-
-# Here are the original parameters in metal units, for Silicon from:
-#
-# Stillinger and Weber,  Phys. Rev. B, v. 31, p. 5262, (1985)
-#
-
-Si Si Si 2.1683  2.0951  1.80  21.0  1.20  -0.333333333333
-         7.049556277  0.6022245584  4.0  0.0 0.0
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