Which phenomenon promotes crystal grain growth during annealing?

💡 Explanation

Thermal activation facilitates larger grains growing at the expense of smaller grains via Ostwald ripening; this reduces the system's overall interfacial energy because larger grains have a lower surface area to volume ratio, therefore it grows, rather than others which halt grain growth under annealing.

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