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Inverse correlation between cohesive energy and thermal expansion coefficient in liquid transition metal alloys
A K Gangopadhyay1, J C Bendert, N A Mauro
1Department of Physics, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA.
Abstract:
The volume expansion coefficients (α) of twenty-five glass-forming transition metal alloy liquids, measured using the electrostatic levitation technique, are reported. An inverse correlation between α and the cohesive energy is found. The predicted values of α from this relationship agree reasonably well with the published data for thirty other transition metal and alloy liquids; some disagreement was found for a few alloys containing significant amounts of group III and IV elements. A theoretical argument for this empirical relationship is presented.
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