The high-pressure melting temperature of hexagonal close-packed iron determined from thermal physics

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2125-2131

  Anderson, O L ^a,b   Isaak, D G ^a,c   Nelson, V E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Metals; D. Equations of state; D. Phase transitions; D. Thermal expansion; D. Thermodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MELTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HIGH-PRESSURE MELTING;

IRON;

EID: 0142011706     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(03)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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