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The formation of a quasi-liquid film on the surface of crystal below its melting point
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Premelting — Premelting, also known as surface melting, is the existence of liquid like thin film coating the surface of a crystalline solid below its melting point. Also can occur in crystal volume and enhance diffusion.First postulated by prominent British… … Wikipedia
premelting — pre·melting … English syllables
premelting — “+ noun Etymology: pre + melting : partial melting below the melting point … Useful english dictionary
Melting — Ice melting Molten redirects here. For the Japanese company, see Molten Corporation; or see Molton or Moulton. Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase change of a substance from a solid to a liquid. The internal energy … Wikipedia
Surface freezing — is the appearance of long range crystalline order in a near surface layer of a liquid. The surface freezing effect is opposite to a far more common surface melting, or premelting. Surface Freezing was experimentally discovered in melts of alkanes … Wikipedia
Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy — Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) is an analytical technique used in materials science. Sometimes referred to as high energy ion scattering (HEIS) spectrometry, RBS is used to determine the structure and composition of materials by… … Wikipedia
Lindemann index — The Lindemann Index is a simple measure of thermally driven disorder. The local Lindemann index is defined as: [Melting and premelting of carbon nanotubes; Nanotechnology 18 (2007) 285703; Kaiwang Zhang, G Malcolm Stocks and Jianxin Zhong] q i =… … Wikipedia
