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A disorder model of melting and melts
Author(s) -
Eckstein B.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19670200107
Subject(s) - melting point , thermodynamics , melting point depression , materials science , melting temperature , crystal (programming language) , thermal , lattice (music) , congruent melting , chemistry , physics , composite material , phase diagram , organic chemistry , computer science , acoustics , programming language , phase (matter)
Various thermal properties of molten metals are calculated assuming a strong correspondence between the crystal and the melt. Thus, the properties of melts are composed of a “lattice dependent” term, essentially equal to the value of the property for the crystal at its melting point, and a “defect dependent” term, calculable from the theory of crystal defects. The defect concentration in the melt is estimated from the volume increase due to melting. The calculated values agree fairly well with experimental data.