title: Inverse correlation between cohesive energy and thermal expansion coefficient in liquid transition metal alloys.
abstract: The volume expansion coefficients (α) of twenty-five glass-forming transition metal alloy liquids, measured using the electrostatic levitation technique, are reported. An inverse correlation between α and the cohesive energy is found. The predicted values of α from this relationship agree reasonably well with the published data for thirty other transition metal and alloy liquids; some disagreement was found for a few alloys containing significant amounts of group III and IV elements. A theoretical argument for this empirical relationship is presented.
authors: Department of Physics, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA.
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Gangopadhyay
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Bendert
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Mauro
authors: K F
authors: KF
authors: Kelton