A test of distribution function method in the case of liquid transition metals alloys

Atomic transport properties namely the shear viscosity and diffusion coefficients for NixCo1-x, CoxFe1-x and NixFe1-x liquid transition metal alloys are investigated systematically by employing statistical mechanical theory known as the distribution function method. As required we describe the interionic interaction by a local pseudopotential model that can take into account d-band effect adequately and, the pair correlation function is derived from the Percus-Yevick theory for hard spheres where the effective hard sphere diameter is determined by the LWCA thermodynamic perturbation theory. Results for shear viscosity agree well with the available experimental data for the whole range of concentration.

► The first application of the distribution function method to liquid transition metal alloys.
► Results for shear viscosity and diffusion coefficients agree well with experimental data.
► PY-HS theory along with pseudopotential provided a good description.