Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558
It is shown that in the growth region (above the critical nucleation size) the transient distributions obtained numerically from the Becker-Döring equation (BDE) by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy </i><b>2020</b>, <i>22</i>, 558, are in accurate correspondence with the...
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doaj-3f9e2bdd6e98460e928104691c595f372020-11-25T03:41:10ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002020-08-012293493410.3390/e22090934Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558Vitaly A. Shneidman0Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USAIt is shown that in the growth region (above the critical nucleation size) the transient distributions obtained numerically from the Becker-Döring equation (BDE) by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy </i><b>2020</b>, <i>22</i>, 558, are in accurate correspondence with the matched asymptotic (singular perturbation) solution by Shneidman, <i>Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. </i><b>1988</b>, <i>33</i>, 1338. The solution is unmodified by “self-consistency” corrections which affect only the steady state rate. Sensitivity of the results to selection of a specific form of the BDE (the “nucleation model”) also is briefly discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/9/934transient nucleationBecker-Döringcomment |
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Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558 |
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Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558 |
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Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558 |
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Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558 |
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It is shown that in the growth region (above the critical nucleation size) the transient distributions obtained numerically from the Becker-Döring equation (BDE) by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy </i><b>2020</b>, <i>22</i>, 558, are in accurate correspondence with the matched asymptotic (singular perturbation) solution by Shneidman, <i>Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. </i><b>1988</b>, <i>33</i>, 1338. The solution is unmodified by “self-consistency” corrections which affect only the steady state rate. Sensitivity of the results to selection of a specific form of the BDE (the “nucleation model”) also is briefly discussed. |
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