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A non-contact EMAT technique of ultrasonic generation and detection was used to make high temperature measurements of the C44 and C' shear elastic moduli in aluminum. The results show a large C44 deviation just below the melting temperature and a much smaller effect for C', which is to be expected for interstitials in FCC crystals. The results are analyzed to give a detected interstitial concentration of 1.7 ± 0.6 x 10^4 just below the melting temperature of 933 K. This corresponds to a reasonable range for the interstitial formation enthalpy and entropy, and supports the prediction of the Interstitialcy Theory.","abstract_html":"The Interstitialcy Theory offers a unified description of the solid, liquid, and amorphous states of condensed matter, including a direct criterion for the onset of melting. A major prediction of the theory is that the equilibrium concentration of interstitial defects should be only about an order of magnitude less than the vacancy concentration near the melting temperature. Of the various properties affected by the presence of interstitials, the shear modulus is known to be particularly sensitive. A non-contact EMAT technique of ultrasonic generation and detection was used to make high temperature measurements of the C44 and C' shear elastic moduli in aluminum. The results show a large C44 deviation just below the melting temperature and a much smaller effect for C', which is to be expected for interstitials in FCC crystals. The results are analyzed to give a detected interstitial concentration of 1.7 ± 0.6 x 10^4 just below the melting temperature of 933 K. This corresponds to a reasonable range for the interstitial formation enthalpy and entropy, and supports the prediction of the Interstitialcy Theory.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Gordon, Craig Alan"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Physics","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Granato, A.V."],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2012,"date_issued":"2012-05-29T17:26:16Z","date_published":"2012-05-29T17:26:16Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:30Z","subjects":["Interstitialcy Theory","aluminum","non-contact electromagnetic acoustic transducer"],"languages":["en"],"rights":["©2000 Gordon"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["4280354"],"render_values":[{"text":"4280354","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31251","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Granato, A.V."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Gordon, Craig Alan"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2012-05-29T17:26:16Z","10000-01-01","2000"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Dissertation / Thesis","text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Physics"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Interstitialcy Theory","aluminum","non-contact electromagnetic acoustic transducer"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["en"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["©2000 Gordon"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31251","4280354"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["The Interstitialcy Theory offers a unified description of the solid, liquid, and amorphous states of condensed matter, including a direct criterion for the onset of melting. 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