An empirical linear relationship between melting temperatures and cohesive energies,which was first derived on the basis of the universal binding energy
theory and the Debyemodel, is reexamined by using 78 pure element solids. The results show that, although ageneral trend is observed, many elements deviated far from this
regularity. However, it isfurther found that this empirical relationship works very well for element solids that havea common crystal structure (e.g., bcc). Similar behaviors are observed among intermetalliccompounds of the same structure. For CsCl-type intermetallic compounds the obtained linearrelationship is
Tm = 0.030
E/
kB, which may be applied to predict the melting point ofunknown alloys.