Analysis of Dislocation Mechanism for Melting of Elements
Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The melting of elemental solids is modelled as a dislocation-mediated transition on a lattice. Statistical mechanics of linear defects is used to obtain a new relation between melting temperature, crystal structure, atomic volume, and shear modulus that is accurate to 17% for at least half of the Periodic Table.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0003494,
title = {Analysis of Dislocation Mechanism for Melting of Elements},
author = {Leonid Burakovsky and Dean L. Preston},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0003494},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Solid State Comm