Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Classical Nucleation Theory

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Nucleation Theory

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 860))

Abstract

Nucleation refers to the situation when a system (parent phase) is put into a nonequilibrium metastable state. Experimentally it can be achieved by a number of ways (for definiteness we refer to the vapor-liquid transition): e.g. by isothermally compressing vapor up to a pressure \(p^\mathrm v \) exceeding the saturation vapor pressure at the given temperature \(p_{\mathrm{{sat}}}(T)\).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics (Pergamon, Oxford, 1969)

    Google Scholar 

  2. P.G. Debenedetti, Metastable Liquids (Princeton University Press, Princeton, Concepts and Principles, 1996)

    Google Scholar 

  3. R. Becker, W. D\(\ddot{o}\)ring. Ann. Phys. 24, 719 (1935)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  4. M. Volmer, Kinetik der Phasenbildung (Steinkopf, Dresden, 1939)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Ya. B. Zeldovich, Acta Physicochim. URSS 18, 1 (1943)

    Google Scholar 

  6. J.E. McDonald, Am. J. Phys. 30, 870 (1962)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. J.E. McDonald, Ibid. 31, 31 (1963)

    Google Scholar 

  8. J. Frenkel, J. Chem. Phys. 7, 538 (1939)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. J. Frenkel, Kinetic Theory of Liquids (Clarendon, Oxford, 1946)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  10. J. Wölk, R. Strey, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 11683 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. D.G. Labetski, V. Holten, M.E.H. van Dongen, J. Chem. Phys. 120, 6314 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. W.T. Thomson, Phil. Mag. 42, 448 (1871)

    Google Scholar 

  13. G. Wilemski, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 1119 (1995)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. J.L. Katz, H. Wiedersich, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 61, 351 (1977)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. J.L. Katz, M.D. Donohue, Adv. Chem. Phys. 40, 137 (1979)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. J. Courtney, J. Chem. Phys. 35, 2249 (1961)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. C. Garrod, Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Oxfor University Press, New York, 1995)

    Google Scholar 

  18. C.L. Weakliem, H. Reiss, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 6408 (1994)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Fluid Dynamics (Pergamon, Oxford, 1986)

    Google Scholar 

  20. E.M. Lifshitz, L.P. Pitaevski, Physical Kinetics (Pergamon, Oxford, 1981)

    Google Scholar 

  21. V.A. Shneidman, J. Chem. Phys. 115, 8141 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. I.S. Gradshtein, I.M. Ryzhik, Tables of Integrals, Series, and Produscts (Academic Press, New York, 1980)

    Google Scholar 

  23. L. Dufour, R. Defay, Thermodynamics of Clouds (Academic, New York, 1963)

    Google Scholar 

  24. S. Girshick, C.-P. Chiu, J. Chem. Phys. 93, 1273 (1990)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. J.S. Rowlinson, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 6, A1 (1994)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. M.P.A. Fisher, M. Wortis, Phys. Rev. B 29, 6252 (1984)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. E. Blokhuis, J. Kuipers, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 074701 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  28. J. Barrett, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 144705 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. M.A. Anisimov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 035702 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  30. D.W. Oxtoby, J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 4, 7627 (1992)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Twister Supersonic Gas Solutions BV, Einsteinlaan 20, Rijswijk, 2289 CC, Netherlands

    V. I. Kalikmanov

Authors
  1. V. I. Kalikmanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to V. I. Kalikmanov .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Kalikmanov, V.I. (2013). Classical Nucleation Theory. In: Nucleation Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 860. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3643-8_3

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3643-8_3

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-90-481-3642-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-90-481-3643-8

  • eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation