3. Growth
3.1 General
Once the germ has exceeded the critical size, it starts to grow, and will continue to do so for as long as the medium remains supersaturated. Except in exceptional cases, the crystal is always bounded by flat F faces, with rough staircase S or notched K faces (figure ) disappearing very quickly, due to their excessive growth rate. We therefore consider here only the theories developed for F faces, which grow by lateral extension of layers, either by a two-dimensional sprouting growth mechanism (Fa face), or by a dislocation growth mechanism with development of a growth spiral (Fb face). The former applies to perfect crystals, the latter to crystals with dislocations....
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
Already subscribed? Log in!
Growth
Suspension evolution
Article included in this offer
"Unit operations. Chemical reaction engineering"
(
343 articles
)
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
References
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
Already subscribed? Log in!
