Liquid Phase Separation in Glass—Forming Melts

Abstract

Up to now in considering in our derivations possible phase transformations in undercooled glass-forming melts mainly segregation and crystallization processes were considered proceeding via nucleation and growth and independently from each other. However, in most multi-component systems crystallization may be accompanied by processes of liquid phase separation and vice versa. In addition, another mechanism of phase separation may be also of importance denoted as spinodal decomposition.