Metastable states
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J.S. Langer
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Article
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1974
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Elsevier Science
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A kinetic model of phase separation in binary liquid or solid solutions is used as the basis for a general discussion of the statistical theory of metastability. Attention is focussed on two questions: What is the significance of a free energy for a metastable state? What is the distinction between