Neutron diffraction investigation and structural model for liquid gallium from room temperature up to 1303 K

Neutron scattering measurements on liquid gallium have been carried out at 293, 838 and 1303 K on the H10 spectrometer of the EL3 reactor at Saclay. The obtained structure factors and pair correlation functions are compared to various published data. A quasi-crystalline model related to the β monoclinic form of gallium is proposed in order to explain the shape of the structure factor of liquid gallium and its behavior versus temperature