The structure factor of liquid nickel at 1873K

Abstract

The structure factor of liquid nickel at 1873K was measured by neutron diffraction using an orientated single-crystalline sapphire sample container. The effective spin quantum number has been found to be 0<or=S<or=0.3. The result is compared with the PY hard-core structure factor and the agreement is improved by an extension corresponding to an attractive part in the pair potential.