Growth of the (001) face of borax crystals

Suharso Suharso

doi:10.22146/ijc.21813

Growth of the (001) face of borax crystals

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.21813

Suharso Suharso^(1*)

(1) Chemistry Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Lampung
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The growth rates of borax crystals from aqueous solutions in the (001) direction at various relative supersaturations were measured using in situ cell optical microscopy method. The result shows that the growth mechanism of the (001) face of borax crystal at temperature of 20 °C is spiral growth mechanism.

Keywords

Growth mechanism; borax

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.21813