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Transport in Simple Metals in the Framework of a Unified Pseudopotential Study
Author(s) -
Sen D.,
Sen S. K.
Publication year - 1985
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.2221270139
Subject(s) - pseudopotential , transport theory , simple (philosophy) , thermal , condensed matter physics , electrical resistivity and conductivity , lattice (music) , materials science , thermodynamics , seebeck coefficient , thermoelectric effect , statistical physics , physics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology , acoustics
The electrical and thermal transport properties of some simple metals are calculated using a unified local pseudopotential whose parameters have earlier been determined from various lattice mechanical properties. The transport properties include electrical and thermal resistivities both, in solid and liquid phases at different temperatures, resistivities due to vacancies, and thermoelectric power. The overall agreement with the experiment is good for Na, K, Al but for Li and to some extent Rb, the discrepancies in theory and experiments indicate the necessity of a comprehensive non‐local theory and some refinements of transport equations.