Abstract
The crystalline structure of materials occurs because of a minimum in free energy for a rigorously periodic arrangement of the structural element of crystals, namely atoms, ions, or molecules. More than one free energy minimum may exist; that is, two (or more) crystal modifications of identical chemical composition may occur for a given pressure and temperature, with only one of these being stable, i.e., associated with the absolute minimum of free energy. The remaining modifications must be metastable.
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Spitsyn, B.V. (1986). Crystal Growth under Thermodynamically Metastable Conditions. In: Givargizov, E.I. (eds) Growth of Crystals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7119-3_7
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