Parameterization has been made for the temperature dependence of the Debye-
Waller factors of 68 elemental crystals and 17 compounds with the zincblend
e structure. The Debye-Waller factors of 46 elemental crystals were calcula
ted based on the available phonon density of states, and those of the remai
ning 22 elemental crystals were estimated using the Debye approximation for
the phonon density of states. The Debye-Waller factors of the zinc-blende
compounds were obtained from the 14-parameter shell-model calculations of R
eid [Acta Cryst. (1983), A39, 1-13].