THE COMPRESSIBILITY OF THIRTY METALS AS A 

 FUNCTION OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE. 



By P. W. Bridgman. 



Presented October 11, 1922. Received October 18, 1922. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction . . 166 



The Absolute Compressibility of Iron 169 



Compressibility of Metals other than Iron 175 



Method 175 



Metals Crystallizing in the Cubic System 181 



Tungsten 181 



Platinum 182 



Molybdenum 184 



Tantalum 185 



Palladium 186 



Nickel 186 



Cobalt 188 



Nichrome 189 



Gold 189 



Copper 191 



Uranium ... 192 



Silver 193 



Aluminum 194 



Germanium 195 



Lead 197 



Thallium 198 



Cerium 199 



Calcium 199 



Strontium 201 



Lithium 202 



Sodium 202 



Potassium 204 



Metals Crystallizing not in the Cubic System 208 



Magnesium 209 



Bismuth 210 



Tin 211 



Antimony 213 



Cadmium 214 



Zinc 216 



Tellurium 217 



Discussion of Results 218 



Theoretical Considerations 222 



Summary 241 



