Resolution of the Problems of Replacement Free Energy,, and Internal Consistency in Nucleation Theory by Consideration of the Length Scale for Mixing Entropy
- 9 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (23), 4506-4509
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.78.4506
Abstract
The problems of (i) replacement free energy, (ii) , and (iii) internal consistency in the classical theory of nucleation, based on the capillarity approximation, are resolved by the proper evaluation of mixing entropy.
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