Simple model for the phase coexistence and electrical conductivity of alkali fluids

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17 March 1994

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/9403067

Abstract

We report the first theoretical model for the alkali fluids which yields a liquid-vapor phase coexistence with the experimentally observed features and electrical conductivity estimates which are also in accord with observations. We have carried out a Monte Carlo simulation for a lattice gas model which allows an integrated study of the structural, thermodynamic, and electronic properties of metal-atom fluids. Although such a technique is applicable to both metallic and nonmetallic fluids, non-additive interactions due to valence electron delocalization are a crucial feature of the present model.

Keywords

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES
PHASE COEXISTENCE
THEORETICAL MODEL
ALKALI FLUIDS
FLUIDS

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Version 1, 1994-03-17, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 74 (1), 142.

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