Abstract
The conditions under which the first step of a spontaneous irreversible process (e.g. nucleation) occurs are studied. It is concluded that such a process can be supposed to occur in a large adiabatic system, at constant external pressure and with increasing entropy, if the corresponding experimental conditions are satisfied. A simple adiabatic nucleation model shows a definite stability limit for the liquid-solid phase transition and is in excellent agreement with experimental data. The fact, whether the glass transition temperature of a given liquid is lower or higher than the stability limit temperature, decides, whether homogeneous nucleation is probable or not.
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Meyer, E. (1987). Adiabatic Nucleation, Stability Limit and the Glass Transition Temperature. In: Tirapegui, E., Villarroel, D. (eds) Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3783-3_15
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