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Theory of Crystal Growth and Dissolution in Undercooled Melts: Basic Approaches

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The theoretical considerations concerning the description of crystal growth are based on three very general models, i.e.,

  1. (i.)

    normal (or continuous) growth,

  2. (ii.)

    growth determined by processes of formation of two-dimensional nuclei and their subsequent enlargement and

  3. (iii.)

    growth mediated by screw dislocations.

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Gutzow, I., Schmelzer, J. (1995). Theory of Crystal Growth and Dissolution in Undercooled Melts: Basic Approaches. In: The Vitreous State. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03187-2_8

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