Nucleation
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title:
Nucleation
text:
In thermodynamics, nucleation is the first step in the formation of either a new thermodynamic phase or structure via self-assembly or self-organization within a substance or mixture. Nucleation is typically defined to be the process that determines how long an observer has to wait before the new phase or self-organized structure appears. For example, if a volume of water is cooled below 0 °C, it will tend to freeze into ice, but volumes of water cooled only a few degrees below 0 °C often stay c
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Initial step in the phase transition or molecular self-assembly of a substance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleation
date created:
2005-06-05T20:04:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T19:26:20Z
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