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Thermochemical Studies of NiII and ZnII Ternary Complexes Using Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 8, 2022
Critical nucleus composition in a multicomponent system
T Philippe1, D Blavette1, P W Voorhees2
1Groupe de Physique des Matériaux (GPM), Normandie Université, UMR CNRS 6634 BP 12, Avenue de l'Université, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.
Abstract:
The properties of a critical nucleus are derived using the capillarity theory in the framework of classical nucleation. An analytical solution for the composition of a critical nucleus is given for low supersaturation. The theory is valid for any multicomponent systems. It is found that the deviation in nucleus composition from the equilibrium tie-line is mainly due to the difference in the Hessian of the Gibbs energy of the phases and the magnitude of the deviation in composition from equilibrium is order of the supersaturation. Despite our analysis strictly holds for low supersaturation, this suggests strong deviations near the spinodal line.
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