Abstract
AbstractA quantum statistical approach is used to give a unified treatment of the metal‐nonmetal‐ and liquid‐vapour‐transitions in mercury. The limiting cases of the atomic vapour at low densities and the metallic fluid at high densities are included. A simple plasma model with only long range Coulomb forces has to be improved by considering also short range interactions. Estimates are given for the critical point of the liquid‐gas phase transition, as well as for the Mott density indicating the metal‐nonmetal transition.
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