Pseudopotential Calculation of the Latent Heats of Melting of Simple Metals

Abstract

The latent heats of melting for simple metals at normal pressure are calculated by the pseudopotential method. The Percus-Yevick hard-sphere model is used for the liquid-structure factor, and an uncorrelated harmonic oscillator model is used for the solid-structure factor. Numerical results agree well enough with experiment and are sufficiently stable against changes in the parameters to make further calculations of the latent heat seem worthwhile.