Abstract
The solid–liquid phase transition is thermodynamically first-order and is characterized by changes in volume and enthalpy that can be used to detect the melting process. This chapter focuses on the methods that detect the melting or freezing by a change in density or volume. Surface melting take place when a liquid film is developed on approaching the melting temperature. On the other hand, surface freezing means the formation of a crystalline layer before the bulk freezing point is reached. The chapter also focuses on the determination of enthalpy changes through various calorimetric methods, such as adiabatic calorimetric, ice calorimeter, dynamic methods, levitation techniques, and time–temperature methods. Other methods, such as calorimetric, (DTA) and (DSC), thermobarometry, piezothermal method, and thermal conductivity measurements are used for the measurements of high pressure expansively. Miscellaneous techniques for the detection of the melting process are discussed in this chapter.
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