Nucleation studies in supersaturated aqueous solutions of urea and thiourea doped with inorganic dopants
Author(s) -
John KAVITHA,
K Seethalakshmi,
C.K. Mahadevan,
Y. Premila Rachelin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
bulletin of materials science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 0973-7669
pISSN - 0250-4707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02745613
Subject(s) - nucleation , supersaturation , thiourea , materials science , aqueous solution , doping , dopant , urea , crystal (programming language) , homogeneous , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , computer science , programming language
Induction periods were measured for various supersaturated aqueous solutions of urea doped separately with NH4NO3 and NaNO3 and thiourea doped separately with NaCl and KCI by the direct vision method. Based on classical theory for homogeneous crystal nucleation various critical nucleation parameters were calculated and the results are reported and discussed. In all the cases, the critical nucleation parameters increased with increase in doping concentration.
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