Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 41, Numéro C8, Août 1980
Fourth International Conference on Liquid and Amorphous Metals
Page(s) C8-599 - C8-602
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19808152
Fourth International Conference on Liquid and Amorphous Metals

J. Phys. Colloques 41 (1980) C8-599-C8-602

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19808152

THEORIES OF ENTROPIES OF LIQUID METALS ; PHONONS VERSUS PACKING

I. Ohkoshi1, I. Yokoyama1, Y. Waseda2 et W.H. Young3

1  Department of Mathematics and Physics, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan
2  Research Institute of Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
3  School of Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK


Abstract
It is known that the entropy of a liquid metal can be largely explained in terms of atomic packing. We show that the Percus-Yevick phonon theory will also suffice and a connection between the two methods is established.