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Spinodal decomposition is a
mechanism by
which a
single thermodynamic phase spontaneously separates into two
phases (without nucleation). Decomposition...
- curve,
Gibbs free
energy as a
function of composition) is
known as the
spinodal curve. For
compositions within this curve,
infinitesimally small fluctuations...
- solution. Phase-transition
processes can also be
explained in
terms of
spinodal decomposition,
where phase separation is dela****
until the
system enters...
- the
emulsion derives its
stability from
trapping between the
binodal and
spinodal curves in the
phase diagram. However, the
microscopic mechanisms responsible...
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critical point represents the temperature–concentration
extremum of the
spinodal curve (as can be seen in the
figure to the right). Thus, the liquid–liquid...
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coexistence curve and the
spinodal curve. On one side of the binodal,
mixtures are
absolutely stable. In
between the
binodal and the
spinodal,
mixtures may be...
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driving phase separation in many systems, and
developed the
joint theory of
spinodal decomposition. In the
theory of
crystal growth, Cahn
concluded that the...
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liquid and
smallest possible vapor states are
called spinodal points.
Their locus forms a
spinodal curve which bounds a
region where no
homogeneous stable...
- to 1,022 °F),
especially at 475 °C (887 °F). At this
temperature range,
spinodal decomposition of the
supersaturated solid ferrite solution into iron-rich...
- fold on the
surface is marked, on each side of the
critical point, by the
spinodal curve,
identified in Fig. B, and seen in Figs. B and C. However, this curve...
