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Author Kashchiev, Dimo.

Title Nucleation : basic theory with applications / Dimo Kashchiev.

Imprint Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 529 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-513) and indexes.
Contents First-order phase transitions -- Driving force for nucleation -- Work for cluster formation -- Nucleus size and nucleation work -- Nucleation theorem -- Properties of clusters -- Equilibrium cluster size distribution -- Density-functional approach -- Master equation -- Transition frequencies -- Nucleation rate -- Equilibrium -- Stationary nucleation -- First application of the nucleation theorem -- Non-stationary nucleation -- Second application of the nucleation theorem -- Nucleation at variable supersaturation -- Seed size -- Line energy -- Strain energy -- Electric field -- Carrier-gas pressure -- Solution pressure -- Pre-existing clusters -- Active centres -- Overall crystallization -- Crystal growth -- Third application of the nucleation theorem -- Induction time -- Fourth application of the nucleation theorem -- Metastability limit -- Maximum number of supernuclei -- Size distribution of supernuclei -- Growth of thin films -- Rupture of amphiphile bilayers.
Summary This book represents a detailed and systematic account of the basic principles, developments and applications of the theory of nucleation. The formation of new phases begins with the process of nucleation and is, therefore, a widely spread phenomenon in both nature and technology. Condensation and evaporation, crystal growth, electrodeposition, melt crystallization, growth of thin films for microelectronics, volcano eruption and formation of particulate matter in space are only a few of the processes in which nucleation plays a prominent role. The book has four parts, which are devoted to the thermodynamics of nucleation, the kinetics of nucleation, the effect of various factors on nucleation and the application of the theory to other processes, which involve nucleation. The first two parts describe in detail the two basic approaches in nucleation theory - the thermodynamic and the kinetic ones. They contain derivations of the basic and most important formulae of the theory and discuss their limitations and possibilities for improvement. The third part deals with some of the factors that can affect nucleation and is a natural continuation of the first two chapters. The last part is devoted to the application of the theory to processes of practical importance such as melt crystallization and polymorphic transformation, crystal growth and growth of thin solid films, size distribution of droplets and crystallites in condensation and crystallization. The book is not just an account of the status quo in nucleation theory - throughout the book there are a number of new results as well as extensions and generalisations of existing ones.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Nucleation.
Nucléation.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Crystallography.
Nucleation
Crescimento de cristais.
Cristalização.
Nucléation.
Other Form: Print version: Kashchiev, Dimo. Nucleation. Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 2000 0750646829 9780750646826 (DLC) 99051578 (OCoLC)42652629
ISBN 9780750646826
0750646829
9780080537832
0080537839
1281047732
9781281047731
9786611047733
6611047735
Standard No. AU@ 000051860250
AU@ 000056736481
CHNEW 001006744
DEBBG BV039831052
DEBBG BV042315890
DEBSZ 367752409
DEBSZ 481263950
NZ1 12435214
AU@ 000059689389

 
    
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