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Supercooling ability of lithium nitrate solutions in ethylene glycol

I. Sláma and J. Malá

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, CS-160 00 Prague

Abstract: The dependence of the induction period of crystallization on the supercooling has been determined for the system lithium nitrate-ethylene glycol over the composition range of 0-8 mole% of LiNO₃. This dependence may be described by a TTT (Time-Temperature-Transformation) curve. The addition of lithium nitrate to ethylene glycol results in a substantial increase in the critical induction period of crystallization. The thermal stability of glasses is discussed in terms of the shape and position of the TTT curves.

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Chemical Papers 45 (1) 21–25 (1991)