Temperature Dependence of the Static Structure Factor for Liquid Bi, Ga, Sb, and Sn

Abstract

AbstractA simple approach is presented to calculate the temperature dependence of the static structure factor for non‐simple liquid metals, based on the hard sphere cluster model and considering the temperature dependence of the hard sphere diameters and atomic percentage of the second type of clusters. The structure factors of liquid metals are calculated for Bi (T = 300, 500, 550, 800, and 950 °C), Ga (T = 50, 200, 550, 800, and 1000 °C), Sb (T = 660 and 800 °C), and Sn (T = 250, 300, 700, 900, and 1100 °C). The calculated results are in good agreement with experiments.