Publications in Scientific Journals:
H. Grothe, H. Tizek, D Waller, D Stokes:
"The Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology of Nitric Acid Trihydrate";
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
8
(2006),
2232
- 2239.
English abstract:
Crystallization kinetics of stable and metastable nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) were investigated by time dependent X-Ray powder Diffraction (XRD) measurements. Kinetic conversion curves were
evaluated adopting the Avrami model. The growth and morphology of the respective crystallites were monitored in situ on the cryo-stage of an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) under a partial pressure of nitrogen gas (0.3 torr, 40 Pa). The results show a close 10 relationship between the presence of ice in the sample and the crystallization mechanism of NAT, which results in different shapes and sizes of NAT crystal particles.
Electronic version of the publication:
http://www.rsc.org/ej/CP/2006/b601514j.pdf
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