Free energy of formation of a crystal nucleus in incongruent solidification: Implication for modeling the crystallization of aqueous nitric acid droplets in type 1 polar stratospheric clouds

Yuri S. Djikaev, Eli Ruckenstein

Using the formalism of the classical nucleation theory, we derive an expression for the reversible work $W_{\ast }$ of formation of a binary crystal nucleus in a liquid binary solution o…