A recently published interstitialcy model for simple condensed matter states was tested by comparing the predictions of the model with available data on the structure (as given by the radial distribution function), on the dynamics of glasses which were found for the generalized vibrational density of states (from inelastic neutron scattering measurements and thermodynamic properties of the crystalline glassy and liquid states), on lattice parameter determinations of the thermal equilibrium concentration of interstitials in the crystalline stage, on the ratio of Young's modulus to volume changes during relaxation in the glassy state, and on the magnitude and temperature dependence of the specific heat in the liquid state. The structure, dynamics and thermodynamic properties were accounted for easily and naturally in a quantitative and unified way by invoking the interstitialcy model.

A.V.Granato: Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 1994, 55[10], 931-9