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Recently in many areas of science we have seen increasing interest in critical phenomena, phase transitions, and the common characteristics of various processes. However, common characteristics have not been determined connecting processes of deformation, fracture, and crystallization. Obviously, the common nature of these processes, as for many other natural phenomena, should be sought on the basis of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. Such an approach probably will allow us to connect phenomena occurring in solid, liquid, and gaseous media. This paper is devoted to analysis of the common characteristics of fracture and crystallization processes. We consider the characteristic features of the generation and accumulation of defects, and also nucleation of crystals of new phase. Both processes (fracture and crystallization) are analyzed from the standpoint of phase transition theory.
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A. A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy. Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 8, pp. 2–9, August, 1994.
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Botvina, L.R. Common characteristics of fracture and crystallization processes. Met Sci Heat Treat 36, 393–403 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395221
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