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The extension of Wigner and Seitz's method developed by Slater is applied to metallic lithium. Calculations corresponding to those of Slater for sodium have been made and the results discussed. One essential difference between these metals is that the conduction electrons in lithium are much more tightly bound than those of sodium.
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