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'''Supercooling''' and undercooling. | '''Supercooling''' and undercooling. | ||
==Homogeneous nucleation temperature== | |||
The homogeneous nucleation temperature (<math>T_H</math>) is the [[temperature]] below which it is almost impossible to avoid spontaneous and rapid freezing. | |||
==Szilard nucleation model== | ==Szilard nucleation model== | ||
==Zeldovich factor== | ==Zeldovich factor== | ||
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Supercooling and undercooling.
Homogeneous nucleation temperature
The homogeneous nucleation temperature () is the temperature below which it is almost impossible to avoid spontaneous and rapid freezing.
Szilard nucleation model
Zeldovich factor
See also
References
- Lawrence S. Bartell and David T. Wu "Do supercooled liquids freeze by spinodal decomposition?", Journal of Chemical Physics 127 174507 (2007)
- Pieter Rein ten Wolde, Maria J. Ruiz-Montero and Daan Frenkel "Numerical calculation of the rate of crystal nucleation in a Lennard-Jones system at moderate undercooling", Journal of Chemical Physics 104 pp. 9932-9947 (1996)
- Chantal Valeriani "Numerical studies of nucleation pathways of ordered and disordered phases", PhD Thesis (2007)
- Richard C. Flagan "A thermodynamically consistent kinetic framework for binary nucleation", Journal of Chemical Physics 127 214503 (2007)