RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS OF REPLACEMENT FREE-ENERGY, 1 S, AND INTERNAL CONSISTENCY IN NUCLEATION THEORY BY CONSIDERATION OF THE LENGTH SCALE FOR MIXING ENTROPY/

Authors
REISS H KEGEL WK KATZ JL
Citation
H. Reiss et al., RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS OF REPLACEMENT FREE-ENERGY, 1 S, AND INTERNAL CONSISTENCY IN NUCLEATION THEORY BY CONSIDERATION OF THE LENGTH SCALE FOR MIXING ENTROPY/, Physical review letters, 78(23), 1997, pp. 4506-4509
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
23
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4506 - 4509
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:23<4506:ROTPOR>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The problems of (i) replacement free energy, (ii) 1/S, and (iii) inter nal consistency in the classical theory of nucleation, based on the ca pillarity approximation, are resolved by the proper evaluation of mixi ng entropy.