Bond orientational order in liquids: Towards a unified description of water-like anomalies, liquid-liquid transition, glass transition, and crystallization: Bond orientational …

H Tanaka - The European Physical Journal E, 2012 - Springer
There are at least three fundamental states of matter, depending upon temperature and
pressure: gas, liquid, and solid (crystal). These states are separated by first-order phase …

A pressure-temperature phase diagram for zircon at extreme conditions

NE Timms, TM Erickson, MA Pearce, AJ Cavosie… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hypervelocity impact processes are uniquely capable of generating shock metamorphism,
which causes mineralogical transformations and deformation that register pressure (P) and …

CHARMM-GUI nanomaterial modeler for modeling and simulation of nanomaterial systems

YK Choi, NR Kern, S Kim, K Kanhaiya… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular modeling and simulation are invaluable tools for nanoscience that predict
mechanical, physicochemical, and thermodynamic properties of nanomaterials and provide …

Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world

SV Krivovichev - Mineralogical Magazine, 2013 - cambridge.org
Structural complexity of minerals is characterized using information contents of their crystal
structures calculated according to the modified Shannon formula. The crystal structure is …

Shock vaporization of silica and the thermodynamics of planetary impact events

RG Kraus, ST Stewart, DC Swift… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The most energetic planetary collisions attain shock pressures that result in abundant
melting and vaporization. Accurate predictions of the extent of melting and vaporization …

Density and viscosity of hydrous magmas and related fluids and their role in subduction zone processes

AC Hack, AB Thompson - Journal of Petrology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We have developed density–viscosity–composition (ρ–µ–X) models for natural aqueous
fluids and hydrous melts, based on experimental data for silicate+ H2O, especially for the …

[PDF][PDF] An equation of state for silicate melts. I. Formulation of a general model

MS Ghiorso - American Journal of Science, 2004 - ajsonline.org
A simple, empirical, volume-explicit equation of state (EOS) is developed for use in
describing the volumetric properties of materials that exhibit large thermal expansivities and …

A comparative study on physio-mechanical properties of silica compacts fabricated using rice husk ash derived amorphous and crystalline silica

A Gupta, V Pandey, MK Yadav, K Mohanta… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice husks, an agricultural waste, are widely used as a cheap source of silica to fabricate
silica-based composites. Though a lot of research work has been reported related to the …

Softening and Melting of SiO2, an Important Parameter for Reactions with Quartz in Si Production

E Ringdalen, M Tangstad - Advances in molten slags, fluxes, and salts …, 2016 - Springer
Quartz (SiO 2) is the main silicon source for production of metallurgical grade silicon in
submerged arc furnaces. During heating in the furnace, quartz will first transform to other SiO …

Dispersion effects in polymorphs: An ab initio study

H Hay, G Ferlat, M Casula, AP Seitsonen, F Mauri - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
The effect of electronic dispersion over a wide variety of SiO 2 polymorphs (faujasite,
ferrierite, α-cristobalite, α-quartz, coesite, and stishovite) is investigated using state-of-the-art …