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Temperature dependence of the surface energy of various crystal faces of the polymorphic phases of actinides

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The Thomas-Fermi-Dirac electron-statistical theory is used to calculate the surface energy and its temperature coefficient for various crystal faces of the polymorphic phases of actinides. The results obtained show that the surface energy of crystal faces increases substantially with going to the premelting phase; with increasing temperature, the anisotropy of the surface energy of each polymorphic phase is smoothed out for the majority of metals.

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  1. Kabardino-Balkar State University, ul. Chernyshevskogo 173, Nal’chik, 360004, Russia

    I. G. Shebzukhova, L. P. Aref’eva & Kh. B. Khokonov

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Original Russian Text © I.G. Shebzukhova, L.P. Aref’eva, Kh.B. Khokonov, 2008, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2008, Vol. 105, No. 4, pp. 366–370.

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Shebzukhova, I.G., Aref’eva, L.P. & Khokonov, K.B. Temperature dependence of the surface energy of various crystal faces of the polymorphic phases of actinides. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 105, 338–342 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X08040042

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