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Nucleation During solidification, the atomic arrangement changes from at best a short-range order to a long-range order, or crystal structure. Solidification requires two steps—nucleation and growth. The solid must achieve a certain minimum critical size before it is stable. Growth of the solid occurs as atoms from the liquid are attached to the tiny solid until no liquid remains. We expect a material to solidify when the liquid cools to just below the freezing temperature because the energy associated with the crystalline structure of the solid is then less than the