Nucleation of crystals from solution

Insofar as the solution of the GPBE is concerned, it is sufficient to define the functional form of the rate of formation of new elements of the disperse phase For example, the formation of particles in solution is typically classified as homogeneous or heterogeneous. For the former, particles are formed in the bulk solution without the support of any surface, whereas for the latter an external surface (provided, for example, by particles that have already formed or by foreign particles) is involved. According to the classical theory (Myerson, 2002), the nucleation rate prescribes a burst of monodisperse nuclei with size dc. The resulting nucleation rate is 

More details on the theory and on the relevant applications of Eq. (5.121) can be found in the handbook edited by Myerson (2002). 

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Erdemir, D., Lee, A.Y., Myerson, A.S. (2009). Nucleation of crystals from solution Classical and two-step models. Accounts of Chemical Research, 42, 621-629. 

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