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On the theory of the thermophysical properties of liquid nontransition metals

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The self-diffusion, viscosity, and surface tension coefficients of liquid nontransition metals near their melting points are considered using a modified hard sphere model. It is shown that, as a rule, the calculated coefficients agree with the experimental data and that the well-known Sutherland relation between self-diffusion and viscosity coefficients and the Born-Green relation between viscosity and surface tension hold true in most cases.

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Postovalov, I.Zh. Sattybaev, E.P. Romanov, 2015, published in Rasplavy, 2015, No. 1, pp. 17–28.

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Postovalov, V.G., Sattybaev, I.Z. & Romanov, E.P. On the theory of the thermophysical properties of liquid nontransition metals. Russ. Metall. 2015, 153–161 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029515020111

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