Simulation study on the formation and transition properties of cluster structures in liquid metals during rapid cooling processes

Science in China, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-240

  Zheng, Caixing ^a   Liu, Rangsu ^a   Dong, Kejun ^a   Peng, Ping ^a   Liu, Hairong ^a   Xu, Zhongyu ^a   Lu, Xiaoyong ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster; Computer simulation and visualization; Liquid metals; Rapid cooling processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036485931     PISSN: 10069283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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