What is spinodal decomposition?

Phase separation may occur in a way that the growth is not in extent but in amplitude. Only in the unstable region such a procedure is thermodynamically feasible. In a phase diagram the unstable region is defined by the spinodal. When a system has crossed this locus, phase separation occurs spontane...

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Main Authors: E. P. Favvas, A. Ch. Mitropoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology 2008-02-01
Series:Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review
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Online Access:http://www.jestr.org/downloads/volume1/fulltext5.pdf