Online Archive of University of Virginia Scholarship
On the size-dependence of melting temperature216 views
Author
Couchman, Peter Robert, Department of Engineering, University of Virginia
Advisors
Jesser, William A., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
Abstract
The problem of the effect of particle size on melting temperature is treated theoretically using the methods of classical thermodynamics, The energetics and physical insight bearing on this problem are discussed thoroughly in order to develop a physically meaningful definition of the melting temperature for these systems, The melting cri~erion is indicated by the physical discussion as essentially a nucleation and growth criterion, Good overall agreement is found between quantitative predictions and experimental results.
Note: Abstract extracted from PDF file via OCR.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
Melting points; Particles
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Couchman, Peter Robert. On the size-dependence of melting temperature. University of Virginia, Department of Engineering, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 1976-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-44bz-8w08.
