Kinetics and microstructure associated with nonisothermal nucleation and growth processes.
The impact of nonisothermal conditions on the kinetics and microstructure associated with a first-order phase transformation is investigated using simulation and a correlation function formalism. More specifically, equal-time correlation functions and microstructural descriptors of grain area are calculated using an N-fold Monte Carlo simulation and compared directly with their theoretical counterparts for a range of heating rates. Finally, connections between these results and those obtained experimentally via calorimetry and microscopy are discussed.
Rickman
J M
JM
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA. jmr6@lehigh.edu
Gunton
J D
JD