Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-04-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
Applicability of three popular functions (Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann, double activation law and frustration-limited domains model) for the description of the temperature dependence of alpha-relaxation time tau_alpha is considered for three typical glass-formers (propylene carbonate, ethanol and picoline). Two first functions have three free parameters. It was found that while they are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data of tau_alpha(T), they fail in describing the transition from an Arrhenius-like to a non-Arrhenius behaviour. This transition is seen in the derivative analysis of tau_alpha(T). We argue that Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann and double activation functions should be applied and compared only at T < T_A, where T_A is the temperature of transition from an Arrhenius-like to a non-Arrhenius behaviour. It was shown that the four-parametric frustration-limited domains model with imbedded transition from Arrhenius to non-Arrhenius behaviour at T = T* also has no advantage in the derivative analysis, since T* is systematically different from TA in the cases considered.
Popova Vera A.
Surovtsev N. V.
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