Study of magnetic susceptibilities in liquid metals

Abstract

In the present article, a theoretical investigation of the magnetic susceptibilities of liquid non-transition and transition metals of the different groups of the periodic table at their melting point is reported using model potential formalism. Ashcroft's well-known empty core model (EMC) potential is used for the first time with seven local field correction functions proposed by Hartree, Hubbard–Sham, Vashishta–Singwi, Taylor, Ichimaru–Utsumi, Farid et al. and Sarkar et al. in the present computation and found suitable for such study. In the calculation of these properties the values of the theoretical structure factors have been used due to hard core fluid theory. It is concluded that comparisons of the present results with theoretical or experimental findings, wherever they exist, are highly encouraging. Also, the successful application of the EMC potential to 51 liquid metals is predicted.