Response to {open_quotes}Comment on {open_quote}Reversible work of formation of an embryo of a new phase within a uniform macroscopic mother phase{close_quote}thinsp{close_quotes} [J. Chem. Phys. {bold 111}, 3769 (1999)]

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.479668· OSTI ID:359436

Debenedetti, P G ^[1]; Reiss, H ^[2]

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1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)

External constraints are necessary in order to calculate the energetics of embryo formation when the embryo is not a critical nucleus. The expression for the reversible work of formation obtained in by Debenedetti and Reiss [J. Chem. Phys. {bold 108}, 5498 (1998)] is rigorous and valid regardless of the relative densities of the embryo and mother phase. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 359436
• Journal Information: Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 111, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INTERFACES
LIMITING VALUES
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NUCLEATION
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EVAPORATION
VAPOR CONDENSATION