Electronic Resource
Springer
Il nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica
16 (1994), S. 307-310
ISSN:
0392-6737
Keywords:
Metal-insulator transitions
;
Molten salts
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Summary We outline a theory for the metal-non-metal transition occurring in solutions of alkali metals in molten alkali halides as governed by a balance between the binding of ionic clusters by localized electrons and the excess free energy of an ionic assembly screened by metallic electrons. In the model the transition is driven by the composition dependence of the screening length. The theory is amenable to an analytic solution within the mean spherical approximation when Thomas-Fermi screening is used and the ions are described by charged hard spheres.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02463782
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