Date of Award
6-1950
Degree Type
Bachelors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering
Department
Metallurgy
First Advisor
Professor J. George Grunenfelder
Second Advisor
Professor Curtis Graverson
Third Advisor
Professor Ralph Smith
Abstract
If, in a system at a given temperature, there should occur a decrease in free energy and this decrease does not take place, then the resulting condition of the system is termed supercooling. A common example of the phenomenon is found in the liquid-to-solid transition of many substances, when the temperature of the liquid may be lowered below its freezing point without solidification. Similar phenomenon occurs in the gas-to- liquid, gas-to-solid, and polymorphic transformations.
Recommended Citation
Nagel, Wilfred E., "A Study of the Effect of the Maximum Melt Temperatures Upon the Degree of Supercooling of Gallium" (1950). Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970. 313.
https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/bach_theses/313
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