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A theory of metastable liquids and gases

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A model of the metastable state of matter is suggested. According to this model, excess potential energy stored at the initial time is gradually transferred to macroscopic fluctuations. As a result, the potential energy of a system continuously decreases, whereas the amplitude of fluctuations increases. This eventually causes spontaneous transition from the metastable to thermodynamically equilibrium state. The suggested model was statistically grounded, and a system of equations describing the homogeneous formation of a new phase was obtained.

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 117071, Russia

    G. A. Martynov

  2. Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 117071, Russia

    G. A. Martynov

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Original Russian Text © G.A. Martynov, 2006, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2006, Vol. 80, No. 10, pp. 1736–1742.

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Martynov, G.A. A theory of metastable liquids and gases. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 80, 1538–1543 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024406100025

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