Growth Gibbs-Thomson effect

Another, and often more powerful, effect of crystal size may be exhibited at sizes smaller than a few micrometres, and is caused by the Gibbs Thomson effect (section 3.7). Crystals of near-nucleic size may grow at extremely slow rates because of the lower supersaturation they experience owing to their higher solubility. Henee the smaller the crystals, in the size range below say 1 or 2 pm, the lower their growth rate. 

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