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Structure factor and atomic distribution in liquid metals by X‐ray diffraction
Author(s) -
Waseda Y.,
Suzuki K.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220490132
Subject(s) - structure factor , diffraction , melting point , radial distribution function , fourier transform , coordination number , pair distribution function , x ray crystallography , atomic number , distribution (mathematics) , crystallography , position (finance) , x ray , materials science , distribution function , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , atomic physics , physics , optics , thermodynamics , molecular dynamics , computational chemistry , mathematics , ion , mathematical analysis , composite material , chromatography , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , finance , economics
X‐ray diffraction patterns have been obtained from liquid metals (Al, Ga, In, Tl, Pb, Sn, Bi) near the melting point. After calculating the structure factor (Fourier analysis), the atomic radial distribution function was evaluated from which interatomic distance and coordination number were obtained. It has been shown that the ratio ( K 2 / K 1 ) of the position of the first peak ( K 1 ) to that of the second peak ( K 2 ) in the structure factor is a very useful parameter to represent the structure of liquid metals.