A Review of the Melting Curves of Transition Metals at High Pressures Using Static Compression Techniques

The accurate determination of melting curves for transition metals is an intense topic within high pressure research, both because of the technical challenges included as well as the controversial data obtained from various experiments. This review presents the main static techniques that are used f...

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Published inCrystals (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 416
Main Author Parisiades, Paraskevas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 2021
MDPI
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Condensed Matter
Diamond anvil cells
extreme conditions
laser-heated diamond anvil cell
Materials Science
Melting
melting curves
Metals
Phase transitions
Physics
synchrotron radiation
Temperature
Transition metals
phase transitions
melting curves
extreme conditions
laser-heated diamond anvil cell
synchrotron radiation
transition metals
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Summary:The accurate determination of melting curves for transition metals is an intense topic within high pressure research, both because of the technical challenges included as well as the controversial data obtained from various experiments. This review presents the main static techniques that are used for melting studies, with a strong focus on the diamond anvil cell; it also explores the state of the art of melting detection methods and analyzes the major reasons for discrepancies in the determination of the melting curves of transition metals. The physics of the melting transition is also discussed.
ISSN:2073-4352
2073-4352
DOI:10.3390/cryst11040416