Are light alkali metals still metals under high pressure?

High Pressure Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Siringo, Fabio ^a   Pucci, Renato ^a   Angilella, Giuseppe G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkali; CDW; Extended Hubbard; High pressure; Hydrogen; Metal Insulator transition

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; HYDROGEN; METALLIZING;

BODY CENTERED CUBIC (BCC) LATTICE; CHARGE DENSITY WAVE (CDW); METAL INSULATOR TRANSITIONS;

SODIUM;

EID: 0030643591     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959708244246     Document Type: Article

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