Electrolyte crystal growth

Nielsen, A.E. and Toft, J.M., 1984. Electrolyte crystal growth kinetics. Journal of Crystal Growth, 67, 278-288. 

Nielsen, A. E. (1981), "Theory of Electrolyte Crystal Growth. The Parabolic Rate Law", Pure Appl. Chem. 53, 2025-2039. 

Nielsen, A. E. (1986), "Mechanisms and Rate Laws in Electrolyte Crystal Growth from Aqueous Solution", in J. A. Davis and K. F. Hayes, Eds., Geochemical Processes at Mineral Surfaces, Amer. Chem. Soc. Symposium Series 323, 600-614. 

Mechanisms and Rate Laws in Electrolyte Crystal Growth from Aqueous Solution... 

Table I. Prediction of Electrolyte Crystal Growth Rates... 

NIELSEN, A. E. J. Cryst. Growth 67 (1984) 289-310. Electrolyte crystal growth mechanisms. 

V. Bostanov, E. Budevski, G. Staikov, Role of Screw dislocations in Electrolytic Crystal Growth, Faraday Symposia of the Chem. Soc. 1977,12, 83. 

Nielsen, A.E., Theory of electrolyte crystal growth, the parabolic law, PureAppl. Chem., 53, 2025, 1981. 

In spite of its extensive use in the description of heterogeneous systems, including electrolytic crystal growth, it seems that the percolation concept was considered relatively recently in the field of electrode processes for explaining sharply varying properties of alloys. The characteristic feature of a critical concentration of Zn in a-brass and A1 in Al-Cu alloy was correlated with the percolation threshold on an fee lattice [175]. 

The contribution of surface diffusion to electrolytic crystal growth can only be considerable if the concentration in the solution is low and the concentration of adatoms is high. Diffusion coefficients in liquid solutions will be larger than on surfaces, a reason for the... 

Two-dimensional nucleation tequites ideally smooth crystal surfaces which exist in reality only under exceptional circumstances. In reality, imperfections of the crystal surface play the predominating role for nucleation in electrolytic crystal growth and dissolution. The presence of dislocations on the surface enhances the formation of nuclei for growth and dissolution drastically. The real process consists, therefore, of an alternating combination of layer growth and nucleation. The relation between these two processes depends very much on components of the solution and can be widely modified by the presence of adsorbates. The same situation is foimd in electrolytic dissolution of crystals. 

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