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#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5298.322 Peter H. Poole, Tor Grande, C. Austen Angell, Paul F. McMillan "Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Liquids and Glasses", Science '''275''' pp. 322 - 323 (1997)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35003088 Paul McMillan "Phase transitions: Jumping between liquid states", Nature '''403''' pp. 151-152 (2000)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35003088 Paul McMillan "Phase transitions: Jumping between liquid states", Nature '''403''' pp. 151-152 (2000)] | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1104417 Jeff L. Yarger and George H. Wolf "Polymorphism in Liquids", Science '''306''' pp. 820 - 821 (2004)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1104417 Jeff L. Yarger and George H. Wolf "Polymorphism in Liquids", Science '''306''' pp. 820 - 821 (2004)] | ||
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Some solid compounds can exist in two or more polymorphs with different atomic structures but the same chemical composition. In the case of a pure element, this behavior is termed allotropy (Ref. 2). The existence of liquid polymorphs is known as polyamorphism, i.e. the ability of a substance to exist in several different amorphous modifications. Note: glasses are not in thermodynamic equilibrium, so such transformations do not correspond to true phase transitions from one stable liquid to another (Ref. 1).
Polyamorphic systems
- Germanium
- n-butanol
- Phosphorous
- Ramp model
- Roberts and Debenedetti model
- Hemmer and Stell model
- Silica
- Triphenyl phosphite
- Water
General reading
- Peter H. Poole, Tor Grande, C. Austen Angell, Paul F. McMillan "Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Liquids and Glasses", Science 275 pp. 322 - 323 (1997)
- Paul McMillan "Phase transitions: Jumping between liquid states", Nature 403 pp. 151-152 (2000)
- Jeff L. Yarger and George H. Wolf "Polymorphism in Liquids", Science 306 pp. 820 - 821 (2004)