The role of solvent-solute interactions in determining crystal growth mechanisms from solution: I. The surface entropy factor

• Published in: Journal of crystal growth Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 278 - 286
• Main Authors: Bourne, J.R., Davey, R.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 1976

The surface entropy factor ( α), being dependent upon the fluid-fluid, solid-solid and fluid-solid interactions, can take on widely different values for a given solute crystallising from different solvents. Increasingly negative deviations from solution ideality depress the α-value, leading in certa...