Methane
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Methane (CH4)
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Plastic crystal phase
The methane has a plastic crystal phase.
- David G. Bounds, Michael L. Klein, and G. N. Patey "Molecular dynamics simulation of the plastic phase of solid methane", Journal of Chemical Physics 72 pp. 5348-5356 (1980)
- M. H. Müser and B. J. Berne "Path-Integral Monte Carlo Scheme for Rigid Tops: Application to the Quantum Rotator Phase Transition in Solid Methane", Physical Review Letters 77 pp. 2638-2641 (1996)
References
- S. Murad, D. J. Evans, K. E. Gubbins, W. B. Streett and D. J. Tildesley "Molecular dynamics simulation of dense fluid methane", Molecular Physics 37 pp. 725-736 (1979)
- Josep C. Pamies, Clare McCabe, Peter T. Cummings and Lourdes F. Vega "Coexistence Densities of Methane and Propane by Canonical Molecular Dynamics and Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations", Molecular Simulation 29 pp. 463-470 (2003)