 Quote by QuantumPion
Is it possible for some sort of solid solution to have a liquid phase at a lower temperature than a solid phase?
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It is possible, even for reversible transformations. It's only required that the high-temperature phase (the solid) has a higher entropy than the low-temperature phase (the liquid). As you can imagine, this is pretty unusual. I seem to remember that it's been demonstrated in some carefully designed polymer systems, though. Will look to see if I can find the details.