Sodium sulfate heptahydrate I: The growth of single crystals

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-51

  Derluyn, Hannelore ^a,b   Saidov, Tamerlan A ^c   Espinosa Marzal, Rosa M ^a,d   Pel, Leo ^c   Scherer, George W ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

A1. Growth models; A1. Supersaturated solutions; A2. Growth from solutions; A2. Natural crystal growth; B1. Salts

Indexed keywords

A2. GROWTH FROM SOLUTIONS; B1. SALTS; GROWTH MODELS; NATURAL CRYSTAL GROWTH; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; RESONANCE; SALTS; SODIUM SULFATE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79960841630     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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