Thermodynamic properties and structural inhomogeneity of liquid tellurium

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Abstract
The thermodynamic properties of liquid tellurium are analysed using an inhomogeneous model with the following features. The unusual, rapid temperature dependences of the adiabatic compressibility, thermal expansion coefficient and constant-pressure specific heat are consequences of a structural phase transition. Liquid tellurium consists of two kinds of domains, one metallic and the other non-metallic. The mole fraction of the former increases to cause the metallic properties which appear progressively with increasing temperature and/or pressure.