Comparison of the Nucleation Kinetics Obtained from the Cumulative Distributions of the Metastable Zone Width and Induction Time Data

Lie-Ding Shiau

doi:10.3390/molecules27093007

Comparison of the Nucleation Kinetics Obtained from the Cumulative Distributions of the Metastable Zone Width and Induction Time Data

Molecules. 2022 May 7;27(9):3007. doi: 10.3390/molecules27093007.

Author

Lie-Ding Shiau^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
² Department of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.

Abstract

A linearized integral model based on classical nucleation theory is applied in this work to determine the interfacial energy and pre-exponential factor using a linear plot from the cumulative distributions of the metastable zone width (MSZW) data for some systems reported in the literature, including isonicotinamide, butyl paraben, dicyandiamide, and salicylic acid. Based on the same criterion for the nucleation point, the interfacial energy and pre-exponential factor are determined using the conventional linear regression method from the cumulative distributions of the induction time data for the same systems. The results indicate that the interfacial energy and pre-exponential factor calculated from the MSZW data are consistent with those calculated from the induction time for the studied systems.

Keywords: crystallization; induction time; interfacial energy; metastable zone width; nucleation.

MeSH terms

Crystallization
Kinetics*

Abstract

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