M1 Glass Formation: Cooling Kinetics

Title

Competition between cooling rate and crystal nucleation/growth kinetics (partial reuse of Metallurgy M01) that decides whether the melt vitrifies or crystallizes - vitrification is, in this sense, an avoided crystallization.

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gphysics.net - Dr. Willy H. Gerber
Palos Verdes, Costa de Corral, Chile