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  • Title: Fragility and thermodynamics in nonpolymeric glass-forming liquids.
    Author: Wang LM, Angell CA, Richert R.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2006 Aug 21; 125(7):074505. PubMed ID: 16942349.
    Abstract:
    For nonpolymeric supercooled liquids, the empirical correlation m = 56Tg DeltaCp(Tg)/DeltaHm provides a reliable means of correlating dynamic and thermodynamic variables. The dynamics are characterized by the fragility or steepness index m and the glass transition temperature Tg, while thermodynamics enter in terms of the heat capacity step DeltaCp at Tg and the melting enthalpy DeltaHm. The combination of the above correlation with the 23 rule for the Tg/Tm ratio yields an expression, m = 40DeltaCp(Tg)/DeltaSm, which was rationalized as the correlation of the thermodynamic and kinetic fragilities. Defining a thermodynamic fragility via DeltaCp(Tg)/DeltaSm also reveals that the slopes in Kauzmann's original DeltaS(T)/DeltaSm versus T/Tm plot reflect the fragility concept [Chem. Rev. 43, 219 (1948)], so long as Tm/Tg = 1.5. For the many liquids whose excess heat capacity is a hyperbolic function of temperature, we deduce that the fragility cannot exceed m = 170, unless the Tg/Tm = 2/3 rule breaks down.
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