Toward a molecular theory of vapor-phase nucleation. I : Identification of the average embryo

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Summary

A statistical‐mechanical theory of vapor‐phase nucleation is developed which improves on that introduced by ReISS, Katz, and Cohen (RKC), and revised by Reiss, Tabazadeh, and Talbot (RTT) by identifying a physical embryo appropriate to the nucleation process.

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1991-12-15
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Nucleation, Metastability, Statistical physics, Classical nucleation theory, Embryo

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