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Named after Josiah Willard Gibbs and J. J. Thomson.
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Today it means: An equation for the structural depression in the freezing point or melting point in a confined geometry, in its compact form: Δ,T_m(x)=(k_GT)/x, where the Gibbs–Thomson coefficient k_GT assumes different values for different liquids and different interfacial geometries (e.g. spherical, cylindrical or planar). Full definition →
Named after Josiah Willard Gibbs and J. J. Thomson.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.