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The formation of nuclei from a supersaturated vapor on a surface with active centers is treated within standard self-consistent classical model with exhaustion of active centers. Basic characteristics of nucleation process (total number of nuclei, nucleation rate, time lag and size distribution of nuclei) are determined by numerical solution of kinetic equations. It is shown that standard approach to nucleation on active centers based on Avrami model coincides with our approach in the values of time lag of nucleation process, but it differs in the total number of nuclei.
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Kožíšek, Z., Demo, P. & Sveshnikov, A. Surface Nucleation Kinetics on Active Centers from Supersaturated Vapor. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 53, 27–32 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022347302412
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022347302412