Abstract
The volume of the phase space of atoms oscillating in a solid has been estimated with the aid of elastic parameters characterizing a given solid which are compressibility, the Debye temperature and the mass of the oscillating atoms. This volume-when divided according to Planck byh 3-gives a number of cells in the phase space rather close to the Avogadro constant. The calculation has been illustrated on the example of more than seventy monatomic and ionic solids. As a consequence, a new formula relating different elastic parameters of a solid has been derived.
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