AbstractThe analytic solution of the mean spherical approximation obtained by us previously for the ion-dipole system in a neutralizing background is applied to study the structural, thermodynamic and dielectric properties of sodium-ammonia solutions. It is shown that the structure of ammonia is closepacked and changes little with ion concentration. The shape of the ion-ion distribution function changes from solvation behaviour with Debye-like asymptotics at low ion concentration to density ordering in the metalic region.
Solutions of Sodium in Liquid Ammonia as Described by a Hard Sphere Charge-Dipole Model in the Neutralizing Background