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The Looyenga formula

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which is quite unknown is included in SCOUT since it has some features being useful for certain cases. For any volume fraction the expression implies a percolation! This means one can try to use it for very loosely packed systems which have nevertheless a connected network of the particles, e.g. metal blacks.