The thermodynamics of processes of new-phase formation

CONTENTS
I. Introduction 386
II. Two thermodynamic treatments of metastable states 386
III. The concept of the nucleus of a new phase 387
IV. Calculation of the work of formation of a new phase by means of thermodynamic potentials 388
V. The formation of a new phase under isobaric–isothermal conditions 389
VI. Limiting supersaturation 390
VII. The formation of a new phase under isochoric–isothermal conditions 392
VIII. The isochoric–isothermal condensation of a vapour 393
IX. The formation of a new phase under isobaric–isentropic conditions 395
X. The formation of a new phase under isochoric–isentropic conditions 396
XI. The heterogeneous formation of new phases 396