| Estimate for Shape Parameter |
| Surface tension
anisotropy g(n) (cubic crystal): |
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| n
= (nx,ny,nz) is the unit normal of the
crystal-melt interface. |
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| For SCN, e4
= 0.0055 ± 0.0015 [Glicksman et al. (1986)]. |
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| For
small anisotropy, the equilibrium shape is geometrically |
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| similar
to a polar plot of the surface free energy, and we have |
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