Liquid Metals. Concepts and Theory. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

Cambridge University Press, October 1990, Pages: 508

Liquid metals remain of both fundamental and technological interest and the concepts needed to understand their properties are set out in this book, starting from a survey of the basic experimental facts to be explained. The quantitative theory of liquid pair correlation functions, effective ion-ion interactions, thermodynamic properties and electronic and atomic transport is then developed. The book goes on to discuss inelastic neutron scattering, critical behaviour, magnetism, the liquid/metal surface, binary liquid metal alloys, the two component theory of pure liquid metals, shock wave studies, liquid hydrogen plasmas and the constitution of giant planets.

Preface;
1. Outline;
2. Pair correlation function and structure factors of ions;
3. Thermodynamics;
4. Electron screening and effective ion-ion interactions;
5. Inter-ionic forces and structural theories;
6. Statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous systems and freezing theory;
7. Electronic and atomic transport;
8. Hydrodynamic limits of correlation functions and neutron inelastic scattering;
9. Critical behaviour;
10. Electronic states, including critical region;
11. Magnetism of normal and especially of expanded liquid metals;
12. Liquid-vapour surface;
13. Binary liquid metal alloys;
14. Two-component theory of pure liquid metals;
15. Shock wave studies;
16. Liquid hydrogen plasmas and constitution of Jupiter; Appendices; References; Index.

Norman Henry March University of Oxford.

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