The maximum free-energy cost along a nucleation pathway, at its critical nucleus. A pathway with fixed shape is a constraint and need not coincide with an unconstrained saddle point.

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  1. Classical nucleation theory
  2. First-order phase transition
  3. Phase coexistence curve
  4. Gibbs free energy
  5. Thermodynamic free energy
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