Title: Homogeneous nucleation for superheated crystal
Abstract: Homogeneous nucleation of liquid droplets in superheated crystals is considered in order to estimate the maximum superheating of crystals. Using the previously derived universal order parameter model of the crystal-melt transition (Iwamatsu M and Horii K 1996 J. Phys. Soc. Japan 65 2311), it is determined that the catastrophic homogeneous nucleation occurs at , where is the equilibrium melting point. This numerical estimation is consistent with the results of maximum-superheating experiments.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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