Mesoscopic Model for the Condensation of a Metallic Vapor

Abstract

A computing scheme for a mesoscopic description of a nucleation process has been built using a statistical analysis of the results of molecular dynamics simulation of a supersaturated metallic vapor. The parameters that enter into equations for cluster growth rate and heat release during condensation are found by a direct statistical computation in a molecular dynamics method. The rates of cluster formation calculated by a molecular dynamics method agree well with the numerical model developed in this work.