WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2009. 415 pp.
Phase transitions of first-order are phenomena, widely occurring in nature. Among them are: evaporation and condensation, melting and solidification, sublimation and condensation into a solid phase, some structural transitions in the solid state, transitions connected with the decomposition into different phases in multicomponent liquid and solid systems, etc.
First-order phase transformations in a system starting from a metastable initial state proceed via the new-phase nucleation mechanism. The kinetics of such phase transformation can be usually divided into three stages. The book presents the complete description of all three stages of first-order phase transitions, thus allowing one to model the whole course of the first-order phase transition kinetics. Special attention is given to transient stages in nucleation characterized by the establishment of steady-state conditions of nucleation and the determination of the time required for its approach and period of existence of the different stages of the nucleation-growth process.
Phase transitions of first-order are phenomena, widely occurring in nature. Among them are: evaporation and condensation, melting and solidification, sublimation and condensation into a solid phase, some structural transitions in the solid state, transitions connected with the decomposition into different phases in multicomponent liquid and solid systems, etc.
First-order phase transformations in a system starting from a metastable initial state proceed via the new-phase nucleation mechanism. The kinetics of such phase transformation can be usually divided into three stages. The book presents the complete description of all three stages of first-order phase transitions, thus allowing one to model the whole course of the first-order phase transition kinetics. Special attention is given to transient stages in nucleation characterized by the establishment of steady-state conditions of nucleation and the determination of the time required for its approach and period of existence of the different stages of the nucleation-growth process.