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Scaling relations for grain autocorrelation functions during nucleation and growth

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Phys. Rev. B, 34 (3): 1599--1606 (August 1986)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.34.1599

Abstract

The kinetics of grain growth associated with a first-order phase transformation is studied with use of the Kolmogorov model (constant nucleation rate within the metastable phase; constant growth rate of the nucleated grains) in one and two dimensions (d =1 and 2). The tine-dependent grain- function and grain autocorrelation function, G, (r, t), are calculated exactly for d = 1. For d = 2, G, (r, t) is estimated by Monte Carlo simulation. Scaling relations, G, (r, t)=F(r/R(t)), using forms for I'(x) which are exact for t~o are investigated. It is found that while such scaling relations are no longer exact in late stages of growth, they continue to pro- vide accurate simple approximations.

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