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The effect of the Tolman correction for the surface tension of small droplets on the classical Becker-Doering theory of nucleation is studied near the critical temperature Tc. Also a generalization of the kinetic prefactor is studied together with this correction. No qualitative change in the very small slope of the curve of the reduced supercooling as a function of (1−T)/T c at constant nucleation rates was found.
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The Center for Polymer Studies is supported in part by grants from ARO, ONR, and NSF.
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Heermann, D.W. Classical nucleation theory with a tolman correction. J Stat Phys 29, 631–640 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01342192
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01342192