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

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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Main Author: Vitaly A. Shneidman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Entropy
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transient nucleation
Becker-Döring
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/9/934
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spelling 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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title 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
title_short 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
title_full 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
title_fullStr 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
title_full_unstemmed 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
title_sort 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
publisher MDPI AG
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publishDate 2020-08-01
description 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.
topic transient nucleation
Becker-Döring
comment
url https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/9/934
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