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Original Articles

Energy of helium dissolved in metals

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Pages 205-215 | Received 18 Feb 1976, Published online: 27 May 2010
 

Abstract

We propose an explanation for the large negative heat of solution of helium in metals, in terms of the strong repulsive helium pseudopotential interacting with the metal conduction electrons. Calculations for helium in aluminium and magnesium show that this mechanism indeed generates the expected negative heats. We expect the helium atoms always to seek out the site of lowest charge density.

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