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Water-like melting behaviour of SiO2 investigated by the molecular dynamics simulation technique

B. Vessal Department of Chemistry, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, England; The Atlas Centre, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, England
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M. Amini Department of Physics, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, England
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D. Fincham Computer Centre, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, England
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C. R. A. Catlow Department of Chemistry, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, England
Pages 753-775 | Received 07 Jun 1989, Accepted 12 Jun 1989, Published online: 20 Aug 2006

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