Rate laws, electrolyte crystal growth

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

We have reviewed today s knowledge of the mechanisms for growth of electrolyte crystals from aqueous solution Convection, diffusion, and adsorption ( ) mechanisms leading to linear rate laws, as well as the surface spiral mechanism (parabolic rate law) and surface nucleation (exponential rate law). All of these mechanisms may be of geochemical importance in different situations. 

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