Summary: INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 (2004) S973­S982 PII: S0953-8984(04)74814-6
Melting curve of materials: theory versus experiments
D Alf`e1,2
, L Vocadlo1
, G D Price1
and M J Gillan2
1 Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT,
UK
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street,
London WC1E 6BT, UK
Received 20 January 2004
Published 26 March 2004
Online at stacks.iop.org/JPhysCM/16/S973
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/14/006
Abstract
A number of melting curves of various materials have recently been measured
experimentally and calculated theoretically, but the agreement between
different groups is not always good. We discuss here some of the problems
which may arise in both experiments and theory. We also report the melting

Source: Alfè, Dario - Departments of Earth Sciences & Physics and Astronomy, University College London
Price, G. David - Department Earth Sciences, University College London
Voèadlo, Lidunka - Department Earth Sciences, University College London

Collections: Chemistry; Geosciences; Materials Science; Physics