Liquid Metals

Liquid metals remain of both fundamental and technological interest and the concepts needed to understand their properties are set out in this book starting from a survey of the basic experimental facts to be explained. The quantitative theory of liquid pair correlation functions effective ion-ion interactions thermodynamic properties and electronic and atomic transport is then developed. The book goes on to discuss inelastic neutron scattering critical behaviour magnetism the liquid/metal surface binary liquid metal alloys the two component theory of pure liquid metals shock wave studies liquid hydrogen plasmas and the constitution of giant planets.