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Calorimetric determination of fragility in glass forming liquids: Tf vs. Tg-onset methods

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The calorimetric determination of the fragility m-index is compared using the T f and T g-onset methods for typical metallic and molecular glass forming systems of Pd39Ni10Cu30P21, glycerol, triacetin and propylene carbonate. The results are evaluated by referring to the standard m-values determined from the kinetic measurements of the viscosity or structural relaxation time in the supercooled liquid regimes. The m-indexes derived from the T f method are found to generally agree well with the kinetic measurements for all the systems. However, a large deviation is shown between the m-indexes calculated with the T g-onset method and the kinetic results for the fragile liquids of triacetin and propylene carbonate, indicating the calorimetric determination of the fragility m-indexes in terms of the T f method produces less uncertainty.

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Chen, Z., Li, Z., Zhang, Y. et al. Calorimetric determination of fragility in glass forming liquids: Tf vs. Tg-onset methods. Eur. Phys. J. E 37, 52 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2014-14052-y

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