Crystal Research and Technology
Cryst. Res. Technol. 40, 1128 (2005) - Abstract -

Studies on growth, induction period, interfacial energy and metastable zonewidth of m-nitroaniline

T. Kanagasekaran, M. Gunasekaran, P. Srinivasan, D. Jayaraman*, R. Gopalakrishnan, and P. Ramasamy**

Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India
*Department of Physics, Presidency College, Chennai-600 005, India
**Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India

Keywords organic compounds, solvent, solubility, nucleation, x-ray diffraction, nonlinear optical
PACS 61.66.Hq, 31.70.Dk, 64.75.+g, 82.60.Nh, 61.10.Nz, 42.70.Mp
DOI 10.1002/crat.200410504

Single crystals of m-Nitroaniline (mNA) were grown by slow cooling solution growth technique. Induction period, interfacial energy and metastable zonewidth have been evaluated. The solubility of mNA has been estimated at different temperatures in acetone and ethanol. Interfacial energy has been estimated using the experimentally determined induction period values. It is observed that the nucleation rate increases with the increase of supersaturation.




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