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THE theory of nucleation in the formation of liquid or solid phases from the vapour, the most detailed treatment of which in any published work is that by Becker and Döring1,2, is in satisfactory quantitative agreement with experiment with regard to the primary nucleation of liquid droplets1,3, which requires saturation ratios of from 3 to 6 in typical cases. The theory predicts further that the primary nucleation of a crystal from the vapour requires still larger saturation ratios, so that the critical conditions for nucleation of the liquid are reached first, unless working with very low vapour pressures far below the melting point. This is also in agreement with observation.
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BURTON, W., CABRERA, N. & FRANK, F. Role of Dislocations in Crystal Growth. Nature 163, 398–399 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163398a0
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