Liquid carbon: Freezing line and structure near freezing

Authors
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • L. Colombo
  • A. Fasolino
Book title Computer-based modeling of novel carbon systems and their properties: beyond nanotubes
ISBN
  • 9781402097171
Series Carbon materials. Chemistry and physics, 3
Pages (from-to) 1-36
Publisher Dordrecht: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
This chapter deals with the phase diagram of carbon with emphasis on the liquid phase occurring in extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. After presenting a critical review of the experimental results and still unresolved issues, the authors discuss the possibility of modeling carbon by use of empirical potentials. Also the techniques to evaluate numerically the free energy of each phase are presented in detail. The second part of the chapter discusses in detail the structure of the liquid in different ranges of pressure, the pressure-density equations of state at different temperatures and the possibility of a liquid-liquid phase transition.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9718-8_1
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