1. Solute clustering in supersaturated solutions
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M.A. Larson and John Garside
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Supersaturation ,Aqueous solution ,Chemistry ,Applied Mathematics ,General Chemical Engineering ,Thermodynamics ,General Chemistry ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,law.invention ,law ,Molecule ,Crystallization ,Cluster analysis ,Concentration gradient - Abstract
Concentration gradients in a vertical column of aqueous supersaturated solution have been measured for a number of solutes. It is assumed that these gradients result from the presence of solute clusters. A theoretical analysis based on the assumption of steady-state quasi-equilibrium allows the size of these clusters to be estimated. Typically they contain of the order of 103 molecules and are between about 4 and 10 nm in size.
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- 1986
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