An interfacial energy of 2267.28 eV is obtained.
The amount of C atoms together with the observed lattice constant of the precipitate leads to a precipitate radius of 29.93 \AA.
Thus, the interface tension, given by the energy of the interface devided by the surface area of the precipitate is $20.15\,\frac{\text{eV}}{\text{nm}^2}$ or $3.23\times 10^{-4}\,\frac{\text{J}}{\text{cm}^2}$.
-This is located inside the eperimentally estimated range of $2-8\times 10^{-4}\,\frac{\text{J}}{\text{cm}^2}$ \cite{taylor93}.
+This is located inside the eperimentally estimated range of $2-8\times 10^{-4}\,\frac{\text{J}}{\text{cm}^2}$~\cite{taylor93}.
Since the precipitate configuration is artificially constructed the resulting interface does not necessarily correspond to the energetically most favorable configuration or to the configuration that is expected for an actually grown precipitate.
Thus annealing steps are appended to the gained structure in order to allow for a rearrangement of the atoms of the interface.
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