Solidification in closed systems: Cluster size distribution & its driving force

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-390

  Hütter, Markus ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster size distribution; Multiphase model; Phase transition; Solidification

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLITES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDIFICATION;

CLUSTER SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; SOLID-LIQUID PHASE TRANSITIONS; STABLE CRYSTALLITES; THERMODYNAMIC STATE;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84856129783     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1540345902416107     Document Type: Article

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