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The properties of liquid carbon

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A model for the transport properties of liquid carbon based on Ziman liquid metal theory with refinements for polyvalent liquid metals and Fermi surface blurring is applied to calculate the electrical resistivity of liquid carbon at the melting temperature. The thermal and electrical properties predicted by the model are compared to experimental results using numerical heat flow calculations and found to be in good agreement with pulsed-current heating experiments on the resistivity of carbon fibers.

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  1. J. Steinbeck

    Present address: RADC/EEAC, 01731, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, USA

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  1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    J. Steinbeck & M. S. Dresselhaus

  2. Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    G. Dresselhaus

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    M. S. Dresselhaus

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Steinbeck, J., Dresselhaus, G. & Dresselhaus, M.S. The properties of liquid carbon. Int J Thermophys 11, 789–796 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184345

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