Open AccessExperimental melting curve of zirconium metal to 37 GPa
Author(s) -
J. S. Pigott,
Nenad Velisavljevic,
Eric K. Moss,
Nikola Draganic,
Matthew Jacobsen,
Yue Meng,
Rostislav Hrubiak,
Blake T. Sturtevant
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1361-648X
pISSN - 0953-8984
DOI - 10.1088/1361-648x/ab8cdb
Subject(s) - zirconium , materials science , melting curve analysis , metal , zirconium alloy , boundary (topology) , analytical chemistry (journal) , mineralogy , thermodynamics , metallurgy , geology , chemistry , mathematics , polymerase chain reaction , biochemistry , gene , mathematical analysis , physics , chromatography
In this report, we present results of high-pressure experiments probing the melt line of zirconium (Zr) up to 37 GPa. This investigation has determined that temperature versus laser power curves provide an accurate method to determine melt temperatures. When this information is combined with the onset of diffuse scattering, which is associated with the melt process, we demonstrate the ability to accurately determine the melt boundary. This presents a reliable method for rapid determination of melt boundary and agrees well with other established techniques for such measurements, as reported in previous works on Zr.