Tabular electrical conductivity for aluminium

A new Sesame-type table for the electrical conductivity of aluminium is described. The table is based on density functional theory calculations and ranges from 10−3 to 1 times solid density (2.7 g/cm3), and from 10−2 to 103 eV in temperature. The table is compared with other those of simulations and to experiments and is generally in good agreement. The high-temperature, classical limit of the conductivity is recovered for the highest temperatures and lowest densities. The table is critically evaluated, and directions for improvements are discussed.