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 multi-component
nucleation. As many of the issues concerning multi-component
nucleation theory have been solved during the last 10-15 years, it
also thoroughly integrates both fundamental theory with recent
advances presented in the literature.
Classical Nucleation Theory in Multicomponent Systems serves as
a textbook for advanced thermodynamics courses, as well as an
important reference for researchers in the field. The main topics
covered are: the basic relevant thermodynamics and statistical
physics; modelling a molecular cluster as a spherical liquid
droplet; predicting the size and composition of the nucleating
critical clusters; kinetic models for cluster growth and decay;
calculating nucleation rates; and a full derivation and application
of nucleation theorems that can be used to extract microscopic
cluster properties from nucleation rate measurements.
The assumptions and approximations needed to build the classical
theory are described in detail, and the reasons why the theory
fails in certain cases are explained. Relevant problems are
presented at the end of each chapter.
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