{
  "id": "1304.7593",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-04-29T08:55:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-04-29T08:55:03.000Z",
  "title": "A maximum-entropy approach to the adiabatic freezing of a supercooled liquid",
  "authors": [
    "Santi Prestipino"
  ],
  "comment": "16 pages, 7 figures",
  "journal": "J. Chem. Phys. 138, 164501 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.4801864",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.soft"
  ],
  "abstract": "I employ the van der Waals theory of Baus and coworkers to analyze the fast, adiabatic decay of a supercooled liquid in a closed vessel with which the solidification process usually starts. By imposing a further constraint on either the system volume or pressure, I use the maximum-entropy method to quantify the fraction of liquid that is transformed into solid as a function of undercooling and of the amount of a foreign gas that could possibly be also present in the test tube. Upon looking at the implications of thermal and mechanical insulation for the energy cost of forming a solid droplet within the liquid, I identify one situation where the onset of solidification inevitably occurs near the wall in contact with the bath.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-04-29T08:55:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "64.70.dm",
      "81.30.Fb"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "supercooled liquid",
      "maximum-entropy approach",
      "adiabatic freezing",
      "van der waals theory",
      "solidification process usually starts"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "AIP",
      "journal": "Journal of Chemical Physics",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Apr",
      "volume": 138,
      "number": 16,
      "pages": 4501
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 16,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013JChPh.138p4501P"
    }
  }
}