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2004 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Solidification

Author : Professor Dr. Günter Gottstein

Published in: Physical Foundations of Materials Science

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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In order to melt a metallic solid a certain amount of heat must be expended, the heat of melting. Different metals melt at different temperatures. This is related to the binding forces between the atoms. At the melting temperature, T m , the thermal energy per mole (RT m ) has to be of the same order of magnitude as the binding energy (heat of melting per mole, H m ): H m ≅RT m (Richards rule).

Metadata
Title
Solidification
Author
Professor Dr. Günter Gottstein
Copyright Year
2004
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09291-0_9

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