Techniques of Melt Crystallization

The simplicity and power of melt crystallization seem to have been overshadowed in recent years by dramatic advances in chromatography. Nevertheless, crystallization remains a simple, effective and economical technique for separation, purification, and growth of single crystals of a wide range of organic and inorganic materials. Quantities ranging from milligrams to kilograms can be processed in the laboratory, economically and in an environmentally desirable way. Techniques of Melt Crystallization summarizes recent progress and provides a contemporary account of melt crystallization techniques useful in the chemical laboratory; it also touches on modern industrial applications. Techniques of Melt Crystallization combines basic theoretical principles of single-stage and multiple-stage crystallization techniques with detailed, up-to-date coverage of a variety of techniques that are not widely practiced and that are within the capabilities of most experimentalists. Laboratory methods for purification, impurity enrichment and growth of single crystals are reviewed. The text covers a wide range of practical details and crystallization modes with useful information on phase diagrams, construction of laboratory equipment, determination of distribution coefficients, and determination of purity Apparatus is described in a "modular" way so that experimenters can select and assemble the most appropriate heating-cooling and transport methods for a particular application. An appendix provides sources of additional information on instrumentation and materials. Computer-generated solutions to the zone-melting equations are presented over a wide range of conditions. This volume will be a valuable and practical reference guide for chemists, physicists, materials scientists and engineers involved in separation, purification and single-crystal growth techniques.Sloan, Gilbert J. is the author of 'Techniques of Melt Crystallization', published 1987 under ISBN 9780471078753 and ISBN 0471078751.