TITLE:
A Statistical Rate Theory of Interface Concentration during Solution ZeoliteCrystal Growth
AUTHORS:
Hongwei Song, Olusegun J. Ilegbusi
KEYWORDS:
Zeolite, Crystal Growth, Statistical Rate Theory, Boundary Layer, Microgravity
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Crystallization Process and Technology,
Vol.1 No.3,
October
13,
2011
ABSTRACT: A theoretical model is developed using statistical rate theory to determine the rate of molecular transport across the interface of a growing spherical zeolite crystal. The model is expressed in terms of the interface concentration. Two model constants appear in the expression for the equilibrium exchange rate. In order to validate the model, zeolite crystallization is investigated for a system for which experimental data exist. The model constants were first established using the measured growth rates at a specific temperature. Then the model was used to predict the growth rate at other temperatures.