Molecular dynamics studies of melting and solid-state transitions of ammonium nitrate

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 9151-9159

  Velardez, Gustavo F ^a   Alavi, Saman ^a   Thompson, Donald L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTING POINTS; SOLID-STATE TRANSITIONS; SUPERHEATING EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; MELTING; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; RAMAN SCATTERING; ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 2942534296     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1705573     Document Type: Article

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