Growth of crystalline phase in amorphous solid and liquid SSe₂₀

Abstract

Electrical conductivity has been used as a characteristic quantity to follow the growth of the crystalline phase in the amorphous solid and liquid phases of SSe20. The nature of the growth phases during both the amorphous-crystal and liquid-crystal transition have been discussed and compared to that of pure Se. An attempt has been made to fit the experimental data to the known theories of transformation kinetics.