For regions of partial melt in the lower mantle, both compressional and shear wave velocities decrease monotonically with increasing melt volume fraction. It has been observed that regions close to the core-mantle boundary thought to contain partial melt have a velocity decrement ratio (relative change in shear velocity over relative change of compressional velocity) of about 3. This is certain...

The kinetics of melt crystallization of binary eutectic forming organic mixtures in non-flow systems with cooling from below for the preferential crystallization of one component alone have been studied experimentally. The effect of subcooling, superheating and the initial concentration of the melt on the crystallization kinetics have been studied. Based on the experimental data, a correlation ...

Low seismic velocity regions in the mantle and crust are commonly attributed to the presence of silicate melts. Determining melt volume and geometric distribution is fundamental to understanding planetary dynamics. We present a new model for seismic velocity reductions that accounts for the anomalous compressibility of silicate melt, rendering compressional wave velocities more sensitive to mel...

Materials circulation in Earth’s mantle will be modified if partial melting occurs in the transition zone. Melting in the transition zone is plausible if a significant amount of incompatible components is present in Earth’s mantle. We review the experimental data on melting and melt density and conclude that melting is likely under a broad range of conditions, although conditions for dense melt...

The growth and retreat of continental ice sheets in the past has largely been a response to changing climatic forcing. Since ablation is the principal component of mass loss for land-based ice sheets, the calculation of surface melt is an important aspect of paleo ice sheet modeling. Changes in insolation are often not accounted for in calculations of surface melt, under the assumption that the...

Real-time RT-PCR and SYBR green I melt curve analysis of a 74 bp amplicon enabled identification of Plum pox virus strains C, EA, and W, with distinct T(m)'s associated with each strain. This test is a useful supplement to a real-time RT-PCR test described earlier that was used to distinguish PPV strains D and M. A longer fragment of 155 bp was not effective for strain identification. A simplif...

Quantitative constraints on the ages of melt-forming impact events on the Moon are based primarily on isotope geochronology of returned samples. However, interpreting the results of such studies can often be difficult because the provenance region of any sample returned from the lunar surface may have experienced multiple impact events over the course of billions of years of bombardment. We ill...

We employ a continuous theory of two-phase flow to investigate the influence of grain boundary tension on distribution and migration of melts through a viscous matrix. The ‘disaggregation melt fraction’, the volume fraction of partial melt at which grain boundaries are completely wetted, is crucial in determining the total interfacial force per unit volume. In partially molten aggregates with s...

In a previous paper we have shown how small-angle neutron and x-ray scattering (SANS, SAXS) can be used to determine the melt compatibility of different polyolefins, including high-density (HD), low-density (LD), and linear low density (LLD) polyethylene. Such blends have attained widespread commercial applications, though the understanding of the mechanical and melt-flow properties of such ble...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical features and outcomes of corneal melt associated with Boston type I keratoprosthesis (KPro) implantation. METHODS Medical records of patients who experienced corneal melt following KPro implantation were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Sixty-six adult patients had KPro implantation from January 2004 to November 2010. Six patients had an underlying inflamma...