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THE solid–fluid equilibrium curves (or melting curves) of ordinary substances cannot be studied over very wide temperature-ranges because of difficulties which arise from the fact that the melting pressure is always a very rapidly changing function of temperature. Thus even with the highest attainable pressures the melting temperature cannot be raised much above the ordinary liquid-gas critical temperature. However, further information in this field, particularly in relation to the question of whether a solid–fluid critical point exists, is desirable not only for its intrinsic interest but also on account of its importance in geophysics.
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HOLLAND, F., HUGGILL, J., JONES, G. et al. Solid Helium at ‘High’ Temperatures. Nature 165, 147–148 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165147a0
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