Calculation of the state parameters of condensed substances at high pressures and temperatures

A universal two-term equation of state is proposed for solids and liquids; it contains three parameters, two of which are known for the majority of substances, while the third can be determined from a small segment of the experimental isotherm or from a single experimental point on the shock adiabat. The parameters of the proposed equation of state are given for several dozen compounds from all classes of solids and liquids.Odessa. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 39–46, July–August, 1991.