| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 15, 2011
LAM14 - XIV Liquid and Amorphous Metals Conference
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| Article Number | 01026 | |
| Number of page(s) | 3 | |
| Section | Liquid metals and alloys | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111501026 | |
| Published online | 18 May 2011 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111501026
Structure of free surface crystallization of Hg: a first attempt
Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Denses, Université Paul-Verlaine, 1. Bd. F. Arago, 57 078 Metz, France
Oscillatory density profiles (DP) are a well-known feature occurring at the free surfaces of liquid metals. We analyse first the layered structure of Hg at or below the melting temperature with a simple interaction model [J.-M. Bomont and J.-L. Bretonnet, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 054504 (2006)], by molecular dynamics simulation in slab geometry. Then, by investigating the in-plane structure, some state transitions are observed. In particular, crystalline planes, whose axes are tilted by several degrees from the surface normal, appear and seem to be signalized by flat DP.
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