ISSN:
0930-7516
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The size-dependent breeding of sodium chlorate crystals can be determined by carrying out experiments with seed crystals of optical antipodes of different sizes that undergo absolutely identical experimental conditions. Small portions of right- and left-handed seed crystals of different sizes were used. The number density distributions of the two opposite forms led to the total numbers of D- and L-crystals. The nucleation from different seed sizes under identical experimental conditions was found to be proportional to L4 in agreement with Clontz et al. [1] and Bennett et al. [2]. A computer program for the modelling of batch crystallization was used to calculate the development of the nucleation process. The data for the supersaturation course and for the development of the population of the right- and left-handed crystals are in good agreement with the experimental results. Only few generations (one or two) of secondary nucleation are being built during the process because of the strong influence of the size of crystals on the nucleation rate. The formation of two generations of secondary nuclei could be observed during three-hour batch crystallization runs.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.270200910
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