Solid-liquid phase transitions: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Carl McBride (talk | contribs) m (Added internal links.) |
Carl McBride (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]] | *[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]] | ||
*[[Spinodal decomposition]] | |||
*[[Supercooling and nucleation]] | *[[Supercooling and nucleation]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161 Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161 Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)] | ||
[[category: phase transitions]] | [[category: phase transitions]] |
Revision as of 12:51, 20 November 2007
In a fluid, solid-liquid phase transitions are thought of as being governed mainly by entropy. This is supported by the existence of a fluid-solid transition in the hard-sphere model, and the transition being not being chiefly dependent on the density, not so much on the temperature.