The spiral growth of crystals

Magnesite growth rates as a function of temperature and saturation state

“…Velocities obtained at constant temperature/ constant reactive fluid Mg 2+ /CO 3 2À activity ratio rates appear to increase linearly with saturation state. This observation is in close agreement with crystal growth theory (Burton et al, 1951;Chernov, 1961) and with the results of several experimental growth studies (e.g., Gratz et al, 1993;Higgins et al, 2000;Teng et al, 2000). The curves in Fig.…”

Dissolution kinetics and topographic relaxation on celestite (001) surfaces: The effect of solution saturation state studied using Atomic Force Microscopy

“…In fact, this appears to be the case for both sets of steps, indicating that the model in Eq. (7), based on early theories of crystal growth (Burton et al, 1951;Chernov, 1961), does not apply in these experiments. More recent theoretical treatment of step edge kinetics will be considered in the discussion.…”

Nanoscale effects of strontium on calcite growth: An in situ AFM study in the absence of vital effects

“…(2) (Burton et al, 1951;Chernov, 1961), where v is the step speed (either obtuse or acute), and is the molecular volume of the solid (6.13 ϫ 10 Ϫ23 cm 3 for pure calcite). One possibility is an increase in the thermodynamic driving force for precipitation, perhaps through a simple increase in effective supersaturation, a Ca 2ϩ Ϫ a Ca 2ϩ eq .…”