Transcending Lindemann's predictions for the melting temperatures of metals and for the long-wavelength limit of their liquid structure factors

Philosophical Magazine Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-305

  March, N H ^a,b   Alonso, J A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

melting temperature; liquid metals; Lindemann criterion

Indexed keywords

INPUT DATA; ISOTHERMAL COMPRESSIBILITY; LIQUID STRUCTURES; LONG-WAVELENGTH LIMITS; MELTING TEMPERATURE LIQUID METALS LINDEMANN CRITERION; MELTING TEMPERATURES; STRUCTURE FACTORS;

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; FREEZING; LIQUID METALS; MELTING POINT; METALLIC GLASS; METALS; RUBIDIUM; SMELTING; SURFACE TENSION;

METAL MELTING;

EID: 67651240461     PISSN: 09500839     EISSN: 13623036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500830902810486     Document Type: Article

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