Modern Ideas About the Processes Involving the Formation and Growth of the Nuclei of a New Phase Under Potentiostatic Conditions

The principal advances in the theory and practice concerning the initial stages of the electrocrystallisation of metals are considered. The thermodynamic and kinetic relations for the phase formation processes in electrochemical systems and the influence of the kinetics of the discharge of ions and of the adsorption of surfactants on the stationary rate of nucleation are analysed. The theories of the non-stationary nucleus formation and models taking into account the growth of the nuclei of a new phase are discussed.
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