Viscoelastic Properties of Crystals

Details Viscoelastic Properties of Crystals Viscoelastic Properties of Crystals

2009-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/0905.0764v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

13 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

We examine the question of whether fluids and crystals are differentiated on the basis of their zero frequency shear moduli or their limiting zero frequency shear viscosity. We show that while fluids, in contrast with crystals, do have a zero value for their shear modulus, in contradiction to a widespread presumption, a crystal does not have an infinite or exceedingly large value for its limiting zero frequency shear viscosity. In fact, while the limiting shear viscosity of a crystal is much larger than that of the liquid from which it is formed, its viscosity is much less than that of the corresponding glass that may form assuming the liquid is a good enough glass former.

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