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Electrical resistivities of the liquid alkali metals
Author(s) -
Canessa E.,
Vignolo J.
Publication year - 1983
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.2221190149
Subject(s) - pseudopotential , electrical resistivity and conductivity , alkali metal , materials science , condensed matter physics , structure factor , mineralogy , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry
Abstract A discussion of the calculation of electrical resistivity of liquid alkali metals is presented. The electrical resistivity is revised for these metals from various model potentials using experimental as well as theoretical structure factors. The over‐all agreement between Ziman's theory and experiment is reasonably satisfactory though not in detail. Most of the discrepancies are explained by the behaviour of the structure factor, and in other cases by the validity of the screened pseudopotential employed.