Garai - Latent Heat of Fusion Table 1

Physical parameters of the liquids used for this investigation

Element
Crystal structure
Atomic Diameter

(10-10m)
Liquid mol. vol.

(10-6m-3)
Viscosity

(10-4Pa s)
Latent Heat of Fusion (kJ/mol)
Melting Temp. (K)
Atomic-weight (amu)
Li
bcc
3.04
13.47
5.66
2.33
453.69
6.941
Na
bcc
3.72
24.77
6.87
2.60
370.96
22.990
K
bcc
4.72
47.22
4.41
2.40
336.80
39.098
Fe
bcc
2.52
7.938
58.0
13.81
1808.00
55.845
Rb
bcc
4.95
57.95
5.42
2.19
312.20
85.468
Cs
bcc
5.31
72.11
5.98
2.09
301.55
132.905
Ca
bcc
3.94
29.36
11.1
8.54
1112.00
40.078
Ar
fcc
3.84
28.17
2.80
1.21
83.78
39.948
Al
fcc
2.86
11.29
12.9
10.71
933.52
26.982
Ni
fcc
2.50
7.546
43.5
17.48
1726.00
58.693
Cu
fcc
2.56
8.003
43.2
13.26
1356.60
63.546
Ag
fcc
2.88
11.54
38.0
11.30
1235.08
107.868
Au
fcc
2.88
11.40
51.3
12.55
1337.58
196.967
Pb
fcc
3.50
19.40
26.0
4.77
600.65
207.200
Mg
hcp
3.20
15.34
11.0
9.04
922.00
24.305
Co
hcp
2.50
7.684
41.5
16.2
1768.00
58.933
Zn
hcp
2.66
8.627
33.0
7.32
692.73
65.390

The viscosity of Cu, Ni, and Fe is from [5].

The viscosity of the rest of the metals is from [6]

The rest of the data are from [7].

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