On spinodal decomposition in cubic crystals
JW Cahn - Acta metallurgica, 1962 - Elsevier
The anisotropy of all factors influencing the mechanism of spinodal decomposition is
considered for crystals of cubic symmetry. It is found that no anisotropy is introduced by the
incipient surface, and that elastic aeolotropy should give rise to {100} plane waves if 2C 44−
C 11+ C 12> 0 or {111} plane waves if 2C 44− C 11+ C 12< 0. The limit of metastability, the
kinetics, morphology and expected mean particle spacing are rederived in terms of the cubic
elastic constants.
considered for crystals of cubic symmetry. It is found that no anisotropy is introduced by the
incipient surface, and that elastic aeolotropy should give rise to {100} plane waves if 2C 44−
C 11+ C 12> 0 or {111} plane waves if 2C 44− C 11+ C 12< 0. The limit of metastability, the
kinetics, morphology and expected mean particle spacing are rederived in terms of the cubic
elastic constants.