In: Mechanical Engineering
Please prove that in homogeneous nucleation of solidification the critical radius and activation energy are ?? ? = (? 2?????? ????? ) ( 1 ??? ) and ??? ? = ( 16???? 3???? 2 3????? 2 ) 1 ???2 , respectively, in which ? is the surface free energy, Tm is the melting temperature, ?T is the degree of supercooling (Tm - T), and ?Hf is the latent heat of fusion.