Melting of crystalline solids
arXiv:cond-mat/0206425 · doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2010.06.017
Abstract
It is suggested that at the melting temperature the thermal phonon vibration is in self-resonance with the lattice vibration of the surface atomic/molecular layer. This self resonance occurs at a well defined temperature and triggers the detachment of the atomic/molecular sheet or platelets from the surface of the crystal. Thermodynamic data of five substances is used to test this hypothesis. The calculated average phonon vibrational wavelengths are equal with or harmonics of the d-spacing of the atomic/molecular sheets. The proposed model is able to explain all of the features of melting.
supercooling and ultra-fast speed of the phase transition is added as requirements for the explanation of melting
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