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An Equation for Melting and Freezing Transition Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Philip H. Bucksbaum  and
Michael O. Thompson
Philip H. Bucksbaum
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07074
Michael O. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

Statistical thermodynamics is used to derive the reaction rate for melting and freezing by considering an atomically sharp interface with or without an activated intermediate state. The resulting predictions differ substantially from those of the classical kinetic rate theory at large deviations from equilibrium. The model may be appropriate for the analysis of pulsed laser melting experiments where large deviations are expected.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 74: Symposium A – Beam-Solid Interactions and Transient Processes , 1986 , 123
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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