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THE precipitation of silver chromate from its supersaturated solutions has been studied by van Hook1, who concluded that crystallization could be represented as a two-step process: first, an induction period varying inversely with the volume of seed suspension used, during which the principal action was the generation of crystal nuclei; secondly, a bimolecular growth of these nuclei.
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van Hook, J. Phys. Chem., 42, 1191 (1938); 44, 751 (1940).
Ting and McCabe, Indust. Eng. Chem., 26, 1201 (1934).
Davies, Jones and Nancollas, Trans. Farad. Soc. (in the press).
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HOWARD, J., NANCOLLAS, G. Crystallization of Silver Chromate. Nature 176, 833–834 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176833a0
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