Cascades of Spinodal Decompositions in the Ternary Cahn-hilliard Equations
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The dynamics of the Cahn-Hilliard equations for a ternary alloy are studied during the phase separation process. The results show a primary spinodal decomposition followed by coarsening and then possibly a secondary spinodal decomposition.
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