The correlation between the volumetric thermal expansion coefficient (VLEC) o(T ) and specific heat C(T) of corundum α-Al2O3 is examined in detail. It is shown that there is a clear correlation o(C) not only at low temperatures (to about 50 K), where it is linear (Grüneisen’s law), but also in a wider temperature range, viz., up to the melting point of corundum. Asignificant deviation from the low-temperature linear behavior of the temperature dependence of the VTEC o(C) occurs when the specific heat reaches the Dulong–Petit classical limit 5.3R. The results of the present work can be used to verify the data from primary calorimetric and dilatometric studies of ceramic and other materials.
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Bodryakov, V.Y., Bykov, A.A. Correlation Characteristics of the Volumetric Thermal Expansion Coefficient and Specific Heat of Corundum. Glass Ceram 72, 67–70 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-015-9726-2
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