Anomalous resistivity of lithium at high dynamic pressure

The experimental investigation of lithium compressed by multiple shock waves to a pressure of 210 GPa demonstrates the abnormal dependence of electrical resistivity. Contrary to normal metal behavior, the resistivity monotonically increases in the pressure range 30-150 GPa by more than 15 times from a typical metallic value at ambient conditions and reverts to a metallic value at a pressure higher than 160-210 GPa. The obtained results demonstrate the anomalous resistivity of lithium both in solid and in liquid states. (C) 2001 MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.