Abstract
The shear misfit model for highly viscous flow is based upon a theoretical prediction for its terminal stage in terms of irreversible Eshelby relaxations in five-dimensional shear space. The model is shown to predict a small δ-function (Debye peak) in the dielectric spectrum, in agreement with experimental evidence. It is extended to density fluctuations, and a relation between adiabatic and isothermal compressibility jumps at the glass transition is derived. The model is applied to high-precision measurements of the shear, dielectric, and bulk relaxation data in two vacuum pump oils and in squalane, a short chain polymer with a strong secondary relaxation peak. The terminal stage of aging data in squalane demonstrates that the adiabatic density fluctuations contribute a fast component to the thermal expansion, explaining why the thermal expansion seems to equilibrate a bit faster than the dynamic heat capacity.
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