Abstract
OWING to the high solubility of oxygen in the liquid metal, the melting or freezing point of silver decreases considerably with increasing pressure of oxygen1.
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BAKER, E., JOHNSTONE, J. Effect of Oxygen Pressure on the Melting of Silver. Nature 205, 65–66 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205065a0
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