Primary nucleation of lithium carbonate

Abstract

A set of laser apparatus was used to explore the induction period and the primary nucleation of lithium carbonate. Results show that the induction period increases with the decrease of supersaturation, temperature and stirring speed. Through the classical theory of primary nucleation, many important properties involved in primary nucleation under different conditions were obtained quantitatively, including the interfacial tension between solid and liquid, contact angle, critical nucleus size, critical nuleation free energy etc.

Keywords

lithium carbonate / primary nucleation / reactive crystallization / induction period

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Project No. B506).

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