Theab initiopotential energy curves of atom pairs and transport properties of high-temperature vapors of Cu and Si and their mixtures with He, Ar, and Xe gases

Abstract

The potential energy curves (PECs) for homonuclear dimers He-He, Ar-Ar, Cu-Cu, and Si-Si, as well as heteronuclear dimers Cu-He, Cu-Ar, Cu-Xe, Si-He, Si-Ar, and Si-Xe, are obtained in quantum Monte...

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“…The thermal conductivity of Cu vapor as a function of temperature, which is required to find 𝑄 , is determined by the power-law dependence obtained in Ref. [29] based on the quantum mechanical calculations of the potential energy of Cu-Cu atom pairs. The threshold temperature for volumetric boiling 𝑇 is assumed to be equal to 0.9𝑇 [3], where 𝑇 8280 K is the critical temperature for Cu [30].…”