The secondary nucleation rate: a physical model

A physical model for secondary nucleation is proposed that is based on mechanisms occurring at the scale of the microstructures (macrosteps) present on the surface of parent crystals as a result of growth. This study shows how empirically obtained power laws describing the secondary nucleation rate...

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Published inChemical engineering science Vol. 49; no. 18; pp. 3103 - 3113
Main Authors van der Heijden, A.E.D.M., van der Eerden, J.P., van Rosmalen, G.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1994
Elsevier
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Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Materials science
Methods of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth
Physics
Theory and models of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth, crystal morphology and orientation
Theory and models of film growth
Morphology
Theoretical study
Surfaces
Crystal nucleation
Secondary nucleation
Models
Kinetics
Step
Power law
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Summary:A physical model for secondary nucleation is proposed that is based on mechanisms occurring at the scale of the microstructures (macrosteps) present on the surface of parent crystals as a result of growth. This study shows how empirically obtained power laws describing the secondary nucleation rate for a range of different materials, as presented in the literature, can be interpreted in terms of this “surface breeding” model.
ISSN:0009-2509
1873-4405
DOI:10.1016/0009-2509(94)E0122-7