Compressibility of Solids and Liquids at High Pressures

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Abstract
An equation for compressibility (identical in form to the Tait equation) derived previously from the virial theorem and the Fermi—Thomas atomic model is modified on the assumption that one of its parameters (αβ0) is reciprocally related to the internal pressure when the cohesive energy density is assumed to be an essential part of the internal pressure. Pressure—volume data for about fifty homonuclear solids, two alloy systems, twenty ionic compounds, and five secondary bonded liquids are analyzed and the model found to fit with surprising accuracy when due consideration is given to pressure‐induced phase or polymorphic changes and thermodynamic ``holes'' (most important near, and above, the melting point) that may contribute appreciably to specific volume. Data from static and shock methods of compression are considered and the differences noted. The model is apparently applicable to the compression of homonuclear solids and liquids, if indeed not all condensed materials in general.

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