The thermodynamics and transport properties of transition metals in   critical point
  A new method for calculating the critical point parameters (density, temperature, pressure and electrical conductivity) and binodal of vapor-liquid (dielectric-metal) phase transition is proposed. It is based on the assumption that cohesion, which determines the main properties of solid state, also determines the properties in the vicinity of the critical point. Comparison with experimental and theoretical data available for transition metals is made. 
Alexander L. Khomkin and Aleksey S. Shumikhin
physics.plasm-ph