  High-density lithium plasmas are expected to be generated in the Inertial
Confinement Fusion (ICF) reactor chamber due to energy deposition of the prompt
X-rays and ion debris in the first wall. These dense plasmas are encountered in
many other applications as well. The design and optimization of such
lithium-based applications requires information about the thermodynamic
properties of Li fluid over a wide range of parameters including the
high-energy-density regime. A model that takes into account all essential
features of strongly-coupled plasmas of metal vapors is developed and used to
predict the equation-of-state (EOS), critical constants, thermodynamic
functions, and principal shock Hugoniot of hot dense lithium fluid. Predictions
and computational results from the present model are analyzed and presented and
are available in electronic form suitable for use to interested researchers and
scientists.
