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Title: Information Entropy of Liquid Metals

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry
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  1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States); AECOM, Albany, OR (United States)
  2. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Correlations reduce the configurational entropies of liquids below their ideal gas limits. By means of first-principles molecular dynamics simulations, we obtain accurate pair correlation functions of liquid metals, then subtract the mutual information content of these correlations from the ideal gas entropies to predict the absolute entropies over a broad range of temperatures. We apply this method to liquid aluminum and copper and demonstrate good agreement with experimental measurements; then, we apply it to predict the entropy of a liquid aluminum–copper alloy. In conclusion, corrections due to electronic entropy and many-body correlations are discussed.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0014506; FE0004000
OSTI ID:
1478391
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry, Vol. 122, Issue 13; ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 18 works
Citation information provided by
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Modeling the structure and thermodynamics of high-entropy alloys journal July 2018

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