Nonequilibrium thermodynamics versus model grain growth: derivation and some physical implications

J.m Rubı́ and A Gadomski

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2003, vol. 326, issue 3, 333-343

Abstract: Nonequilibrium thermodynamic formalism is proposed to derive the flux of grainy (bubbles-containing) matter, emerging in a nucleation and growth process. Some power- and nonpower limits, due to the applied potential as well as owing to basic correlations in such systems, have been discussed. Some encouragement for such a discussion comes from the fact that the nucleation and growth processes studied, and their kinetics, are frequently reported in literature as self-similar (characteristic of algebraic correlations and laws) both in basic entity (grain; bubble) size as well as time scales.

Keywords: Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Curvature; Nucleation-and-growth phenomena; Fokker–Planck equation; Thermodynamic and physical potentials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00282-6

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