Nucleation and growth kinetics in a cooling crystallizer

iv INTRODUCTION 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 Nucleation 4 Crystal Growth 7 Crystal Size Distribution 10 THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT 20 Effect of Solids in Suspension on Size Distribution 20 Effect of Residence Time on Size Distribution 2? EXPERIMENTAL 29 Equipment 29 Crystallizer 29 Auxiliary equipment 32 Crystal sizing equipment 35 Theory of the Coulter Counter 35