Nonequilibrium thermodynamics versus model grain growth: derivation and some physical implications
arXiv:cond-mat/0301436 · doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00282-6
Abstract
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics formalism is proposed to derive the flux of grainy (bubbles-containing) matter, emerging in a nucleation growth process. Some power and non-power 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.
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