Liquid-liquid phase transition in supercooled yttria-alumina

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 103; no. 22; p. 225702
• Main Authors: Barnes, Adrian C, Skinner, Lawrie B, Salmon, Philip S, Bytchkov, Alexei, Pozdnyakova, Irina, Farmer, Thomas O, Fischer, Henry E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 27.11.2009

The structure and thermal characteristics of aerodynamically levitated samples of yttria-alumina in the liquid, supercooled liquid and solid phases were explored in an extensive series of high energy x-ray diffraction, small angle neutron scattering, and pyrometric cooling measurements. Particular f...