Liquid crystals Manning condensation

Manning and Briscoe (1978) have shown that Lai Au,j (0amorphous films deposited by vapor condensation have a superconducting transition temperature which decreases as the Au content increases. For pure La it is 4.6 K and for x = 0.32 it is 1.6 K. The residual resistivity increases with increasing Au content from 68 aflcm (pure La) up to 208 aGcm. For x<0.26 the films deposited at 4.2 K and then annealed at up to 293 K crystallize. For 0.26 < x < 0.32 the samples are stable. The authors think that the amorphous phase may be more homogeneously disordered than liquid-quenched foils. 

Siminals are materials obtained by remelting one or more varieties of rocks or man-made mineral formations. Their structure and composition are similar to those of mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks. The stmcture contains a siminal amorphous phase (2 to 30%) and two or more mineral phases. Siminals are not glass-crystalline materials because they are not crystallized using catalysts [9]. Siminals contain an average of 50% SiO therefore, siminal melts often split into two liquid phases. The stmcture of siminals represents a special case of a condensed medium. 

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