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We present the results of a Hartree-Fock finite-temperature calculation of nuclear surface and curvature thermodynamic potentials, using phenomenological forces. These are the requisite ingredients needed for the model. For our purposes, we calculate these properties over the complete range of proton fraction (0 to 0.5). The self-consistent method is exploited to extract an approximation for neutron evaporation rates from hot nuclear surfaces. Dense matter at fixed overall proton fraction of Yp = 0.3 is considered at densities up to nuclear saturation density at low temperatures. We lay the framework, however, to explore matter at temperatures that one would expect in the collapsing supernova core. Matter in beta equilibrium is considered at low temperatures; this is the character of the matter that one expects to exist in the inner crust of a cooled neutron star. 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For our purposes, we calculate these properties over the complete range of proton fraction (0 to 0.5). The self-consistent method is exploited to extract an approximation for neutron evaporation rates from hot nuclear surfaces. Dense matter at fixed overall proton fraction of Yp = 0.3 is considered at densities up to nuclear saturation density at low temperatures. We lay the framework, however, to explore matter at temperatures that one would expect in the collapsing supernova core. Matter in beta equilibrium is considered at low temperatures; this is the character of the matter that one expects to exist in the inner crust of a cooled neutron star. 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