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free energy description of a nonuniform system that adds a gradient energy term, used to model interfaces and phase separation in mixtures.

In materials science, Cahn-Hilliard equation refers to free energy description of a nonuniform system that adds a gradient energy term, used to model interfaces and phase separation in mixtures. This meaning comes from Cahn (1958) in The Journal of Chemical Physics.[1]

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References

Cahn, J. W., & Hilliard, J. E. (1958). Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. I. Interfacial Free Energy. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 28(2), 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1744102

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