Ab initio determination of the melting point of aluminum by thermodynamic integration

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5924-5934

  Jesson, Ben J ^a   Madden, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; INTEGRATION; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LENNARD-JONES SYSTEM; MELTING POINT; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0034299342     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1290701     Document Type: Article

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