A perturbed hard-sphere equation of state for alkali metals

A perturbed hard-sphere equation of state, employing a basic frame proposed by Eslami [H. Eslami, J. Nucl. Mater. 336 (2005) 135–139] has been developed for alkali metals. Following the approach introduced by Ihm et al. [G. Ihm, Y. Song, E.A. Mason, J. Chem. Phys. 94 (1991) 3839–3848], the temperature dependence of the parameters a and b has been fitted to liquid density data for potassium. The scaling parameters that are used to reduce the temperature are the temperature and density at normal boiling point. The important improvement is to omit the adjustable parameters, the well depth and the location of the minimum of pair potential, which are required to apply the earlier equation of state of Eslami. The present EoS, which can be used without fitting parameters, reproduces the volumetric behavior of liquid alkali metals with a very good accuracy. Six hundred and ninety four data points at different pressures and temperatures are examined and the average absolute deviation of predicted liquid density data compared to experiment is 1.41%.