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Enthalpy Relaxation Near the Glass Transition of a Supercooled Liquid [Ca(NO 3) 2]0.4[KNO3]0.6

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

I. K. Moon
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784, Korea
Yoon-Hee Jeong
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784, Korea
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Abstract

We have investigated the slow dynamics in the glass transition region of a supercooled liquid [Ca(NO3)2]0.4[KN3]0.6 by measuring the dynamic specific heat in the frequency range from 0.01 Hz to 5 kHz. The equilibrium dynamics of the system in this range is well described by the stretched exponential function, exp[-(t/τ)β], and the Vogel-Fulcher type relaxation time, τ = τ0exp[Δ/(TT0)].

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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