Quantum Mechanical Hartree-Fock Study of the Elastic Properties of Li,S and Na,S BY A. LICHANOT (a), E. APRA (b), and R. DOVES (b)The binding energy and elastic constants of Li,S and Na,S are investigated at an ab initio all electron Hartree-Fock level. The comparison between calculated and experimental values leads to satisfactory agreement for Li,S and a substantial difference in the Na,S case. The comparative evolution of the elastic constants in the series of alkaline oxides and sulphides with the size of the cation seems to indicate that the discrepancy is mainly due to an overestimation of the experimental elastic constants of Na,S.