A Correlation Between a Hard Sphere System and Liquid State Theory

Abstract Currently two theories viz the hard sphere system and liquid state theory are primarily used to understand the thermodynamical behaviour of liquid metal alloys. However, these two approaches have been pursued independently and little attempt has been made to correlate the two theories. The present work explores the possibility of finding the correlation between the two approaches. We take numerical examples of NaHg and LiPb, the compound forming alloys, and apply the hard sphere results in liquid state theory.