Some effects of phase transitions on heat propagation

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Authors

  • K. Saxton Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Loyola University, New Orleans, United States
  • R. Saxton Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, United States

Abstract

We consider phase transitions in solids due to heat propagating through crystalline materials at low temperatures. These are considered in a steady state context where, at the transition temperature, the specific heat becomes singular and the heat conductivity has a maximum. Several consequences are found for the heat capacity having finite or infinite jump discontinuities.