Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1988. - 288 p.As most books on continuum theory appear to be about thirty years out of date in their description of the physical properties of liquid metals, the object of this book is to introduce an outline of our present knowledge concerning theories, empirical relations, and experimental data on the physical properties of liquid metals. Furthermore, it is hoped that this book will be useful to readers with an interest in the atomistic approach to process metallurgy. This text is aimed at the graduate metallurgists and the materials engineers who deal with liquid metals. It has been assumed that the readers have some background knowledge in both elementary statistical mechanics and in elementary quantum mechanics. Theoretical equations are described, but detailed explanations of the theories are not given. The book is designed to provide a starting point for metallurgists or engineers with an interest in the atomistic nature of metallic liquids. The book contains eight chapters and two appendices. General properties of liquid metals are given in Chapter
1. Chapter 2 is an introduction to the structure of liquid metals and alloys. Two fundamental quantities in the theory of liquids, the pair distribution function and the pair potential, are described. In particular, a detailed description of the pair distribution function is presented, because an understanding of the physical properties of liquids should be based on a fundamental understanding of their atomic arrangement. Chapter 3 is concerned with the density of liquid metals. Although density is an indispensable basic quantity, only a few review papers are available. Thermodynamic properties of liquid metals, i.e. vapour pressure, heat capacity, and sound velocity, are outlined in Chapter
4. Chapter 5 deals with the surface tension of liquid metals. Characteristic features of experimental data for liquid metal surface tensions are identified. Chapter 6 is devoted to the viscosity of liquid metals. Reasons for large discrepancies among experimental data for liquid metal viscosities are clarified in this chapter. Chapter 7 is concerned with diffusion in liquid metals; some of the problems of experimental investigations on diffusion measurements in liquid metals are discussed. In Chapter 8, the final chapter, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity are outlined. The essential points of methods for measuring density, surface tension, viscosity, diffusivity, and thermal conductivity are also described. As a number of expressions presented in this book can be applied to molten salts, several examples are given in Appendix 1.General Properties
Structure
Density
Thermodynamic Properties
Surface Tension
Viscosity
Diffusion
Electrical and Thermal Conductivity
Appendix
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