Solute clustering in supersaturated solutions

✍ Scribed by M.A. Larson; J. Garside

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 440 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(86)87101-9

✦ Synopsis

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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 lo3 molecules and are between about 4 and 10 nm in size.