Figure 9. Snapshot of atomic structure for Solid state (a) (the crystalline structure has regular pattern), liquid state (b) (crystal structure has short range order)

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Structure, Melting and Transport Properties of Binary Liquid Pd-Si Metal Alloys: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Muhammad Faruq, Antoine Villesuzanne, Meilan Guo, Guosheng Shao

Journal of Materials Physics and Chemistry. 2017, 5(1), 20-31 doi:10.12691/jmpc-5-1-3