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Kinetics of polydomain spinodal ordering is studied in alloys of AuCu3 type. We introduce four non-conserved long-range order parameters whose sum, however, is conserved and, using the statistical approach, follow the temporal evolution of their random spatial distribution after a rapid temperature quench. A system of nonlinear differential equations for correlators of second and third order is derived. Asymptotical analysis of this system allows to investigate the scaling regime, which develops on the late stages of evolution and to extract additional information concerning the rate of decrease of the specific volume of disordered regions and the rate of decrease of the average thickness of antiphase boundaries. Comparison of these results to experimental data is given. The quench below the spinodal and the onset of long-range order may be separated by the incubation time, whose origin is different from that in first-order phase transitions. Numerical integration of equations for correlators shows also, that it is possible to prepare a sample in such a way that its further evolution will go with formation of transient kinetically slowed polydomain structures different from the final L12 structure.
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Feldman, E.P., Stefanovich, L.I. & Gumennyk, K.V. Kinetics of Polydomain Ordering at Second-Order Phase Transitions (by the Example of the AuCu3 Alloy). J Stat Phys 132, 501–517 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-008-9559-2
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