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Kinetics of nucleation from aqueous solution
Author(s) -
Mohanty Rita,
Bhandarkar Suhas,
Estrin Joseph
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690361009
Subject(s) - nucleation , supersaturation , dimensionless quantity , aqueous solution , homogeneous , kinetics , thermodynamics , process (computing) , chemistry , chemical physics , physics , classical mechanics , computer science , operating system
Homogeneous nucleation is achieved in aqueous systems by creating adequately high levels of supersaturations. This process can be fully described by considering depletion of supersaturation due to simultaneous growth of the nuclei. Nielsen (1964) formulated this by integrating the growth kinetics with classical nucleation theory. This paper uses his combined nucleation‐growth approach, as well as more recently developed mechanisms of adding monomers to developing nuclei (Chiang et al., 1988). The experimental data considered suggest that the systems fall into two categories: one involving the same mechanism for nucleation and growth and the other involving different mechanisms. A dimensionless parameter which evolves in the development permits the comparison of the rate of nuclei formation with that of nuclei growth. The inferences from this approach suggest further that the surface energy parameter is an indicator of the category to which a solution system belongs.