MODELING OF PROCESSES OF CONTACT MELTING WITH THE SURFACE QUASI-LIQUID LAYER

A contact melting model based on the possible existence of a quasiliquid layer on the metal surface is proposed. Using the interaction potentials between metal atoms, the temperature at which a quasiliquid layer will exist on the surface of at least one of them upon contact of their surfaces is calculated. It is shown that this temperature is lower than that realized in experiments on contact melting