Hydrogen and Helium under high pressure: A case for a classical theory of dense matter

The moon - Tập 45 - Trang 291-298 - 1989
Vladan čelebonović1
1Institute of Physics, Beograd, Yugoslavia

Tóm tắt

When subject to high pressure, H2 and 3He are expected to undergo phase transitions, and to become metallic at a sufficiently high pressure. Using a semiclassical theory of dense matter proposed by Savić and Kašanin, calculations of phase transition and metallisation pressure have been performed for these two materials. In hydrogen, metallisation occurs at p M= (3.0 ± 0.2) Mbar, while for helium the corresponding value is p M= (106 ± 1) Mbar. A phase transition occurs in helium at p tr= (10.0 ± 0.4) Mbar. These values are close to the results obtainable by more rigorous methods. Possibilities of experimental verification of the calculations are briefly discussed.

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