In: Mechanical Engineering
Please prove that in homogeneous nucleation of solidification the critical radius and activation energy are ??? = (? 2??????) ( 1 ) and ???? = (16????3????2 ) 1 , respectively, ????? ??? 3?????2 ???2 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.