Theoretical evidence for a first-order liquid-liquid phase transition in gallium
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Anomalous properties and the liquid-liquid phase transition in gallium.
A group of materials including water and silicon exhibit many anomalous behaviors, e.g., density anomaly and diffusivity anomaly (increase upon compression). These materials are hypothesized to have a liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT) and the critical fluctuation in the vicinity of the liquid-liquid critical point is considered as the origin of different anomalies. Liquid gallium was also r...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.3154424