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| Title |
Metastability Limit for the Nucleation of NaCl Crystals in Confinement
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| Published in |
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1021/jz500090x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Julie Desarnaud, Hannelore Derluyn, Jan Carmeliet, Daniel Bonn, Noushine Shahidzadeh |
| Abstract |
We study the spontaneous nucleation and growth of sodium chloride crystals induced by controlled evaporation in confined geometries (microcapillaries) spanning several orders of magnitude in volume. In all experiments, the nucleation happens reproducibly at a very high supersaturation S ∼ 1.6 and is independent of the size, shape, and surface properties of the microcapillary. We show from classical nucleation theory that this is expected: S ∼ 1.6 corresponds to the point where nucleation first becomes observable on experimental time scales. A consequence of the high supersaturations reached at the onset of nucleation is the very rapid growth of a single skeletal (Hopper) crystal. Experiments on porous media also reveal the formation of Hopper crystals in the entrapped liquid pockets in the porous network and consequently underline the fact that sodium chloride can easily reach high supersaturations, in spite of what is commonly assumed for this salt. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 146 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 30% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 14% |
| Researcher | 20 | 14% |
| Professor | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 32 | 22% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 18 | 12% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 11% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 12 | 8% |
| Chemical Engineering | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 17% |
| Unknown | 32 | 22% |
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