Classical Nucleation Theory in Multicomponent Systems

• Main Author: Vehkamäki, Hanna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Thermodynamics.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Physical Chemistry.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

Nucleation is the initial step of every first-order phase transition, and most phase transitions encountered both in everyday life and industrial processes are of the first-order. Using an elegant classical theory based on thermodynamics and kinetics, this book provides a fully detailed picture of m...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of thermodynamics
• Phase equilibrium
• Formation free energy
• Equilibrium cluster distribution
• Nucleation kinetics
• Nucleation theorems
• Basics of heterogeneous nucleation
• Beyond the classical theory.