ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
It is demonstrated, both theoretically and numerically, that the Gibbs–Bogoliubov (GB) thermodynamic variational calculation, developed originally for equilibrium systems, can be applied to a thermodynamic metastable system provided the structure of the reference system, used in this calculation, has the same main features as the metastable system under consideration. Following this, the GB thermodynamic variational calculation, employing the hard-sphere system as the reference system, is used to quantitatively determine the thermodynamic features of the metallic glass transition. Good agreement with observation is obtained.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.456029
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