Comment on “<i>Crystallization of Supercooled Liquids: Self-Consistency Correction of the Steady-State Nucleation Rate</i>” by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy</i> 2020, <i>22</i>, 558
It is shown that in the growth region (above the critical nucleation size) the transient distributions obtained numerically from the Becker-Döring equation (BDE) by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy </i><b>2020</b>, <i>22</i>, 558, are in accurate correspondence with the...
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MDPI AG
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/9/934 |
| Summary: | It is shown that in the growth region (above the critical nucleation size) the transient distributions obtained numerically from the Becker-Döring equation (BDE) by Abyzov et al., <i>Entropy </i><b>2020</b>, <i>22</i>, 558, are in accurate correspondence with the matched asymptotic (singular perturbation) solution by Shneidman, <i>Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. </i><b>1988</b>, <i>33</i>, 1338. The solution is unmodified by “self-consistency” corrections which affect only the steady state rate. Sensitivity of the results to selection of a specific form of the BDE (the “nucleation model”) also is briefly discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1099-4300 |