Comments on the melting mechanism for crystalline species
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine
- Vol. 35 (3), 787-790
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786437708236004
Abstract
Melting is viewed as a surface initiated process. The dislocation theory, Lindermann hypothesis, and nucleation and growth theory of melting are discussed in terms of the influence of the surface on the respective melting mechanisms.Keywords
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