Morphology and Growth of Methyl Stearate as a Function of Crystallization Environment

作者:Camacho Diana M; Roberts Kevin J*; Muller Frans; Thomas Danielle; More Iain; Lewtas Ken
来源:Crystal Growth & Design, 2017, 17(2): 563-575.
DOI:10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01436

摘要

In situ studies of methyl stearate growing from supersaturated n-dodecane, kerosene, and toluene solutions reveal strong evidence that solvent choice influences the crystal morphology and crystal growth kinetics. Crystals with similar habit are observed in all solvents, with the exception of lower supersaturations in kerosene, where a less symmetric morphology was observed. BFDH analysis based on the monoclinic C2 crystal structure of methyl stearate yielded the morphological indexation to be (110), (1-10), (-110), and (-1-10) for the dominant observed habit and (110) (1-10) (-1-10) (-240) (-3-10) for the less symmetric habit observed in kerosene solvent. Measurements of the growth rate for the (110) and (1-10) faces are similar for all solutions ranging from 0.02 to 1.13 mu m/s, for significantly lower values of supersaturation in the case of toluene. The tendency of the growth rate dependence on sigma was consistent with the Burton Cabrera-Frank (BCF) growth mechanism in n-dodecane, the Birth and Spread (B&S) mechanism in kerosene and diffusion controlled in toluene solvent.

  • 出版日期2017-2