What is spinodal decomposition?

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-27

  Favvas, E P ^a   Mitropoulos, A Ch ^b  

^a Institute of Physical Chemistry Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nucleation and growth; Spinodal decomposition

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION;

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; HIGH INTERCONNECTIVITY; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SPINODALS; UNSTABLE REGIONS;

SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 77249144167     PISSN: 17919320     EISSN: 17912377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25103/jestr.011.05     Document Type: Article

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