Change of morphology and growth mechanism of thin n-paraffin crystals induced by homologous impurities

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 641-652

  Van Hoof, P J C M ^a   Van Enckevort, W J P ^a   Schoutsen, M ^a   Bennema, P ^a   Liu, X Y ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gibbs Thomson effect; Impurities; n Paraffins; Pinning points; Roughening; Thin crystals

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GIBBS THOMSON EFFECT; PARTICLE INDUCED ROUGH GROWTH; PINNING POINTS;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 0032002436     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0248(97)00502-2     Document Type: Article

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