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Impurities in solids 1 2 3
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Nucleation The factors which determine

and growth of the rate of phase change are:

1. The rate of nucleation, N

crystals (the number of nuclei

formed in unit volume in

unit time) and;

2. The rate of growth, G (the

rate of increase in radius

with time).

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