Energy of helium dissolved in metals
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine
- Vol. 34 (2) , 205-215
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786437608221936
Abstract
We propose an explanation for the large negative heat of solution of helium in metals, in terms of the strong repulsive helium pseudopotential interacting with the metal conduction electrons. Calculations for helium in aluminium and magnesium show that this mechanism indeed generates the expected negative heats. We expect the helium atoms always to seek out the site of lowest charge density.Keywords
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