Solid-liquid transition in ultra-fine lead particles
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine A
- Vol. 71 (5) , 1135-1143
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01418619508236241
Abstract
We have studied the melting and the solidification of lead ultra-fine particles. We report on electron microscopy technique which enables the identification of the transition temperatures of each particle. The experimental results presented show a dependence of the melting and solidification temperatures on the particle size. The melting temperature results are compared with a new phenomenological model.Keywords
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