Cohesive Energies of Simple Metals as Determined from Atomic Kinetic Energies
- 3 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 47 (5) , 387-390
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.47.387
Abstract
We propose that the cohesive energies of simple metals can be accurately predicted solely from atomic kinetic energy terms. In this fashion, we are able to determine the cohesive energy of twenty simple metals to an accuracy better than 15%. Moreover, we are able to quantify orbital contributions to cohesion.Keywords
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