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Athermal Heterogeneous Nucleation of Solidification by T.E. Quested; A.L. Greer is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Athermal Heterogeneous Nucleation of Solidification about?
For heterogeneous nucleation of solidification, the conditions for initiation of solid grains on nucleant areas of defined size are analysed. Calculations of the work of formation show that the solid formed on a nucleant area has both metastable-and unstableequilibrium configurations, which permit analysis of the competition between thermal nucleation (a stochastic process) and athermal nucleation, a deterministic process in which the number of nucleation events depends on the undercooling, but not on time nor on the mechanism (adsorption, wetting or nucleation) of the initial formation of a thin solid layer on the nucleant area. It is concluded that for potent nucleants, initiating grains at small undercooling, athermal nucleation dominates. Thermal nucleation in advance of athermal is negligible, but athermal nucleation can be delayed when solute restricts solid growth.
Who reads Athermal Heterogeneous Nucleation of Solidification?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- T.E. Quested; A.L. Greer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1359-6454)
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)