Homogeneous nucleation
This article provides answers to the following questions, among others:
How can the Gibbs energy be used to assess whether a process is voluntary or not?How can the different states of matter...
Amorphous metals
This article provides answers to the following questions, among others:
What are amorphous metals (metallic glasses)?Why is glass a thermodynamic liquid?What is meant by the term glass transition temperature?What are the technological properties...
Heat of solidification
This article provides answers to the following questions, among others:
Why does the temperature remain constant when pure substances solidify?How can it be explained on a microscopic level that the temperature is...
Conditions of solidification
This article provides answers to the following questions, among others:
Which atomic processes take place during solidification?What conditions must be fullfiled for crystallization?What is supercooling?What are nuclei used for in a melt?How...
