Pressure for change in metals

N. W. Ashcroft
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N. W. Ashcroft: N. W. Ashcroft is at the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501, USA. nwa@ccmr.cornell.edu

Nature, 2009, vol. 458, issue 7235, 158-159

Abstract: When is a metal not a metal? When it is under high pressure, if it's lithium or sodium. The strange behaviour of dense forms of these elements exposes difficulties with commonly used models of electronic structure.

Date: 2009
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