Forecasting when solids will melt is harder than you may believe
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Physicists may lastly have a response for a relatively easy concern that has stayed unanswered for about a century: when does a compound melt?
Kostya Trachenko at Queen Mary University of London discovered it mystical that “in this age of clinical and technological advancement”, physicists do not constantly understand how to anticipate at what temperature level and pressure a product will melt. He has actually now obtained a formula that can be utilized to make such forecasts for a large …
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