Atomic transport properties of AgxSn1−x liquid binary alloys

Atomic transport properties, in particular the shear viscosity and diffusion constants for AgxSn1−x less simple liquid binary alloys are theoretically studied from a statistical mechanical theory called the distribution function method. The essential ingredients of this theory are the interionic interaction and the pair distribution function for hard spheres. The interionic interaction are described from a local pseudopotential model and the effective hard sphere diameters are obtained from the thermodynamic perturbative method known as the linearized Weeks-Chandler-Andersen (LWCA). Results of calculations for shear viscosities agree well with the available experimental data.