On the structure of metals, its origin and changes

The authors begin their paper by stating that it has been shown by Herbert Tomlinson that the atomic volume of metals is intimately connected with their thermal capacity* and with Young’s modulus. He considers, in view of the work of Wertheim, of Maxwell, and of Heen, and as the result of his own experiments, that the value of the product of the elasticity E, when multiplied by a fractional power of the atomic volume is a constant for all metals, E(A/D)7/3 = 181 × 104 .