A universal equation of state for solids

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, , Citation P Vinet et al 1986 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 19 L467 DOI 10.1088/0022-3719/19/20/001

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Abstract

Ionic, metallic, covalent and rare-gas solids have qualitatively different forms for total energy versus inter-atomic spacing. The authors have discovered, however, that there is a universal form for pressure as a function of volume for all classes of solids in compression.

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