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WE have applied optical and interferometric techniques to stearic acid crystals (CH3(CH2)16COOH) which were grown from a dilute solution in benzene of the compound. Tabular crystals were produced by slow evaporation of a drop of this solution placed upon a clean, cooled microscope slide. Many spiral features have been observed upon the basal planes by examining the silvered crystals under phase-contrast illumination. These are growth spirals in accordance with the dislocation theory of Burton, Cabrera and Frank1.
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REYNOLDS, P., VERMA, A. Growth and Optical Properties of Stearic Acid Crystals. Nature 171, 486–487 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171486a0
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