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Kinetics and Microstructural Control
· The temperature dependence of r* and ΔG* comes from the temperature dependence of ΔGV: ΔGV = (Gβ - Gα) = ΔHV - T ΔSV.
· Both the enthalpy and entropy terms are slow functions of temperature and may be evaluated at the equilibrium temperature, TE.
· At TE , ΔGV = 0 and ΔHV = TE ΔSV , so that: 

ΔSV = ( ΔHV / TE ).
· Using this value for the entropy change to evaluate ΔGV gives: ΔGV = ΔHV {(TE - T) / TE }.

From: Barrrett, Nix & Tetelman,
"The Principles of Engineering Materials," 
Prentice Hall (1973)
· Using this value at all temperatures gives:
ΔG* = {16πγαβ3 / 3ΔHV2 }[ TE/ (TE - T)]2, r* = -{2γαβ / ΔHV}[ TE / (TE - T )]