Abstract
The melting point of a solid characterizes, in a fundamental way, transition between solid and fluid states. It is usually defined in terms of the average kinetic energy of a large ensemble of atoms or molecules (Cotterill, Kristensen and Jensen (1974), Hirschfelder, Curtiss and Bird (1965)). In this chapter, we will develop an approach for determining the melting point of a homogeneous atomic or molecular solid via the four-body problem. As a consequence of our approach, a new formula in terms of Planck’s constant, rather than Boltzmann’s constant, results.
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Greenspan, D. (1997). Melting Points. In: Particle Modeling. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering & Technology. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1992-7_16
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