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Kinetics of the Nucleation of a Crystalline Droplet from the Melt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Martin Grant  and
J. D. Gunton
Martin Grant
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
J. D. Gunton
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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Abstract

Theory for the rate of nucleation of a crystalline solid from its melt is discussed. An expression for the dynamical prefactor of the nucleation rate is presented, which is derived using Langer's field theory of nucleation. The theoretical result generalizes the classical theory of Turnbull and Fisher, and can be tested experimentally. The analysis makes use of the formalism of Ramakrishnan and Yussouff, as extended to solid-melt interfaces by Oxtoby, Haymet, and Harrowell.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 57: Symposium I – Phase Transitions in Condensed Systems--Experiments and Theory , 1985 , 79
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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