Squeezing a particular solid in all directions reduces the interatomic spacing to 76.6% of its equilibrium value;

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Squeezing a particular solid in all directions reduces the interatomic spacing to 76.6% of its equilibrium value; the result is that the solid’s total potential energy becomes zero. Find the value of the exponent n in Equation 37.4 for this solid.

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Essential University Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976420

3rd Edition Volume 2

Authors: Richard Wolfsonby

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