Universal nature of the instability of the thermodynamic parameters of transient processes accompanying the melting of crystalline substances in quasistatic regimes

A numerical method of differential thermal analysis was used to study transient processes accompanying the melting of germanium and antimony in quasistatic regimes at heating rates of ∼1 K/min. It is shown that the premelting initiation temperature and the melting initiation point are unstable and depend on the initial conditions. Pis’ma Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 25, 1–5 (February 26, 1999)