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The microscopic mechanism of appearance and evolution of pores and cracks is proposed to investigate the process of micropore nucleation in solids under impact and fixed loadings. The size distribution function and the critical size of pores are defined. The dependencies between the rate of pore nucleation and the rate of pore accumulation in solids under loading are specified. The temperature influence on the pore appearance process is examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the application of perturbation theory to the description of kinetics of a first-order phase transition illustrated by thin film growth. Number of particles in a critical nucleus under maximum supersaturation in the course of phase transition; Uniform convergence of expansion; Case of single- and multi-component condensation.