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Diffusion-vibration theory of melting (Sharmaet al 1991) has been extended to study the variation in the melting temperature of mixed ionic crystals with concentration. The melting temperature varies non-linearly with concentration in the KCl x Br1−x , RbCl x Br1−x , K x Rb1−x Br and NaCl x Br1−x mixed alkali halides and shows a sharp increase in melting temperature for values ofx>0.5 which is in good agreement with the experimental values. This behaviour has been explained on the basis of present propounded theory.
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Sharma, O.P., Sharma, G.S. & Prakash, S. Melting temperature variation with concentration of alkali halides in mixed crystal systems. Pramana - J Phys 39, 323–328 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845815
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