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Melting at High Pressures

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There has been a flurry of speculation about the variation of melting pressure with temperature in the past few years. There are obvious limits to the extrapolation of familiar equations, particularly at high pressures. Model calculations have thrown light on some parts of the problem.

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ROWLINSON, J. Melting at High Pressures. Nature 213, 440–441 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213440a0

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