July 20, 1986
View Full PaperA universal equation of state for solids
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Abstract
Ionic, metallic, covalent and rare-gas solids have qualitatively different forms for total energy versus inter-atomic spacing. The authors have discovered, however, that there is a universal form for pressure as a function of volume for all classes of solids in compression.
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