Observation of Surface Melting
- 14 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (2), 134-137
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.134
Abstract
Ion shadowing and blocking measurements show that the solid-liquid transition at the (110) surface of lead starts at approximately 40 K below the bulk melting point of lead . The thickness of the liquid surface film increases dramatically as the temperature approaches .
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